AI leaders warn the race to superintelligence is speeding beyond safeguards

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Top AI labs warn that breakthroughs are accelerating faster than safeguards can keep up, urging governments, rivals, and external bodies to impose restraint. Some researchers fear self-improving, autonomous AI could operate beyond human control, even as OpenAI pushes ahead with capabilities like Astra toward AGI. The debate pits urgent national and global competitiveness against the need for stronger safety and accountability in AI development.
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