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  "id": 8196674,
  "title": "\"Much More Science Fiction Than Science\": Andrew Ng On AI Extinction Fears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/much-more-science-fiction-than-science-andrew-ng-on-ai-extinction",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T06:23:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/much-more-science-fiction-than-science-artificial-intelligence-pioneer-andrew-ng-on-ai-extinction-fears-12063092"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Andrew Ng, who helped start Google Brain and Coursera Inc., said the tech industry previously stoked fears about the potential catastrophic harms of artificial intelligence earlier in the AI boom",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Post",
        "title": "AI pioneer Andrew Ng calls extinction fears ‘science fiction’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/ai-pioneer-andrew-ng-calls-extinction-fears-science-fiction",
        "published": "2026-09-17T19:06:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are \"much more science fiction than science\" and the latest \"wave of PR\" is probably intended to shape regulation (Micah Barkley/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/andrew-ng-says-renewed-ai-extinction-warnings-are-much-more-science",
        "published": "2026-09-17T20:01:20.000Z"
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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."
}