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Non-zero chance AI may kill everybody on Earth, risk hasn't gone away: Anthropic Co-founder
short by Ashley Paul / on Saturday, 23 May, 2026
Anthropic Co-founder Jack Clark said there still are plausible scenarios where AI had a "non-zero chance of killing everyone on Earth". During a lecture at Oxford University, Clark said it was important to clarify that the "risk hasn't gone away". He advocated that humans slow AI's development "to give ourselves more time as a species" to deal with its powers.