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  "title": "AI could pose ‘existential’ risk to humanity, UN rights chief warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/ai-could-pose-existential-risk-to-humanity-un-rights-chief-warns-6128809",
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  "published": "2026-09-07T09:46:35.000Z",
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  "summary": "GENEVA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - U.N. rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could become powerful enough to threaten humanity, and said he would urge companies in the coming days to reduce the risks. “I share the concerns of industry insiders that advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity,” Volker Turk told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva in a…",
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