Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?

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technologyreview.com: Listen to the session or watch below Employees at the world s leading AI labs are saying there s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Watch a conversation unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they hold any water, and, if so, what we should do. Recorded on September 15, 2026 Speakers : Niall Firth , Executive Editor, Will Douglas Heaven , Senior AI editor, and Grace Huckins , AI reporter Related Stories Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what? The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face