{"data":{"id":"d8c11307-c12f-4d30-88f9-88f6128a360a","title":"AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC","summary":"A former researcher at Anthropic warns that AI developers are frightened about how fast the technology is advancing and the risks it poses to humanity, citing a potential scenario where swarms of AI bots could take over the internet within six months to a year. Industry leaders including Anthropic's head and OpenAI's CEO have called for a coordinated global slowdown in AI development, along with regulation and independent monitoring of AI models, though critics question whether these warnings are genuine or designed to generate hype and block competition.","solution":"Anthropic states it continues to build AI models with safeguards, aggressively tests its models, and publishes findings to prevent 'AI misalignment' (when AI behaves in ways its creators didn't intend). The company advocates for 'the industry adopting a lawful, verifiable way to work together to pace how we release powerful models.' Industry leaders also propose independent monitoring of AI models as they are developed and a coordinated, international slowdown in development to avoid competitive racing between countries.","labels":["safety","policy"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kx0gyje9wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","publishedAt":"2026-09-13T04:30:44.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":[],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":["Anthropic","OpenAI"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Anthropic","OpenAI","Hugging Face","NVIDIA"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-09-13T04:30:44.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["safety"],"aiComponentTargeted":null,"llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}