Experts warn of AI's potential for extinction.

Dozens of AI industry leaders, academics, and celebrities have signed a statement calling for reducing the risk of global annihilation due to artificial intelligence, arguing that the threat of an AI extinction event should be a top global priority. The statement highlights concerns about the ultimate danger of unchecked artificial intelligence, and follows the viral success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has helped heighten an arms race in the tech industry over artificial intelligence.