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  "id": 6408644,
  "title": "Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/worried-anthropic-researchers-warn-that-ai-could-kill-all-humans",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-09T09:56:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991927/anthropic-ai-kill-all-humans"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A senior Anthropic safety researcher has said there is more than a 10 percent chance artificial intelligence \"could kill all humans\" by the end of the decade, just hours after a colleague resigned over fears the AI lab and its rivals are carelessly racing to build \"superhuman systems\" they cannot control. In a post on […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Anthropic researchers warn out-of-control AI could destroy humans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researchers-warn-out-of-control-ai-could-destroy-humans",
        "published": "2026-09-09T15:02:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researchers-say-ai-could-cause-human-extinction-by-2030",
        "published": "2026-09-09T15:53:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could \"kill us all\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-with-a-warning-self-improving-ai-could",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:59:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Could kill us all’: Anthropic insiders say AI has more than 10% chance of ending humanity – soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/could-kill-us-all-anthropic-insiders-say-ai-has-more-than-10-chance",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:45:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Could kill us all’: Anthropic insiders say AI has more than 10% chance of ending humanity – soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/could-kill-us-all-anthropic-insiders-say-ai-has-more-than-10-chance-6469461",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:45:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New Stack",
        "title": "“It could kill us all”: what Anthropic’s own researchers really think about superintelligence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/it-could-kill-us-all-what-anthropics-own-researchers-really-think",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:51:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "What to make of alarming AI warnings from researchers tied to Anthropic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/what-to-make-of-alarming-ai-warnings-from-researchers-tied-to",
        "published": "2026-09-09T21:04:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC Business",
        "title": "AI researchers 'earnestly believe' it could kill all humans within the next decade, Anthropic researcher says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/ai-researchers-earnestly-believe-it-could-kill-all-humans-within-the",
        "published": "2026-09-10T01:05:39.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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