The so-called “godfather of AI”, Yoshua Bengio, claims tech companies racing for AI dominance could be bringing us closer to our own extinction through the creation of machines with ‘preservation goals’ of their own.

Bengio, a professor at the Université de Montréal known for his foundational work related to deep learning, has for years warned about the threats posed by a hyperintelligent AI, but the rapid pace of development has continued despite his warnings. In the past six months, OpenAI, Anthropic, Elon Musk’s xAI, and Google’s Gemini, have all released new models or upgrades as they try to win the AI race . OpenAI CEO Sam Altman even predicted AI will surpass human intelligence by the end of the decade, while other tech leaders have said that day could come even sooner.

Yet,

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