我们正在失去对 AI 的控制吗？新恐慌背后的驱动因素

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Are We Losing Control of AI? What’s Driving New Fears

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By William Norris, Nilushi Karunaratne, and Tom Pfeiffer

October 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM UTC

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For years, as artificial intelligence has evolved from the stuff of sci-fi movies to an app ordinary people have installed on their phones, tech leaders and some AI insiders have talked about [the potential](https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-07-26_-_testimony_-_bengio.pdf "Click to view webpage.") for it to escape human control and wreak havoc on society. Those fears have become [impossible to ignore](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-17/what-the-openai-hugging-face-hack-shows-about-ai-danger-video "Click to view webpage.") in recent weeks, driven by [advances in the technology](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-09-04/what-is-agi-openai-anthropic-race-for-artificial-general-intelligence "Click to view webpage."), a series of cybersecurity breaches involving AI agents, and new warnings from rank-and-file AI staffers.

Leading AI companies in the US have responded by suggesting they voluntarily slow their work to buy time to create safeguards. Some experts and officials say that’s not good enough and are urging government restrictions.

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