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Could AI really end humanity? Post your questions for our tech reporters now

TechnologyBy Guardian moderators (now); Aisha Down, Blake Montgomery and Dan Milmo (later)Sep 18, 2026, 7:14 AM
Could AI really end humanity? Post your questions for our tech reporters now
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PUBLISHEDSep 18, 2026, 7:14 AM
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After a week of alarming warnings about the technology’s potential to destroy the world as we know it, our expert tech reporters will take your questions on the reality of the AI threat.

Join us at 3pm BST (4pm CEST, 10am EDT) where they will answer live Sign up or sign in to ask your question The last week or so has seen disturbing claims about the capacity of superintelligent AI to destroy the planet . It has also seen warnings coming from figures within the industry itself, including Anthropic’s report that criminals, state-sponsored groups, spyware vendors, scientists and propagandists have attempted to use its models to “design missiles and bombs, create deadly pathogens and surveil…

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