‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/05/uncontrollable-ai-artificial-general-intelligence-warnings
A spate of serious safety incidents have increased fears about the power and impenetrability of the most advanced models Picture humanity in a boat being swept down a raging river, praying there is no Niagara Falls ahead. Or imagine standing with the pioneering physicists in 1942 before they triggered the first self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction beneath a Chicago stadium. These were two of the analogies used this week by Prof Robert Trager, an expert in the nascent field of AI governance, to describe the perilous but potential-filled moment the world stands at with accelerating ar…
