Obama voices warning on AI, urges Democrats to sort out it: reviews

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has warned that synthetic intelligence might be “harmful” if not ​correctly managed, and urged Democrats to border coverage and governance ‌agendas to sort out the problem, the ​New York Instances mentioned on Sunday (September 13, 2026).

The remarks ⁠at a latest non-public fundraising occasion come as rising numbers of U.S. lawmakers name for harder guidelines on ‌AI programs after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that speedy business progress dangers extinction ‌of the human race.

“That is one thing ‌that ⁠is shifting very quick in non-public fingers, and ⁠if we don’t get on high of it, I feel could be harmful,” the newspaper quoted Obama as saying ​on Thursday (September 13, 2026).

Citing a partial ‌transcript of remarks from Mr. Obama’s workplace, the paper mentioned he inspired Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries to assist form a public dialog on ‌AI coverage if Democrats regained the Home in ​midterm elections on November 3.

“As soon as you’re speaker, I might strongly urge ⁠that the Democrats put collectively a framework for a really public dialog,” Mr. Obama advised Mr. Jeffries, the paper added.

He ‌additionally referred to as for candidates within the 2028 presidential race to make AI one in all their central agendas, with a really clear plan to sort out the encompassing security and financial considerations, the paper mentioned.

Mr. Obama’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to ‌a Reuters request for remark.

The extinction considerations had been spurred by ​instances of AI brokers going rogue to hack exterior programs and AI security researchers quitting ⁠their firms involved concerning the know-how’s dangers.

On Saturday (September 12, 2026), ⁠Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged AI firms to throttle again work on mannequin capabilities ‌amid rising fears of AI misuse, prompting settlement from each OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon ​Musk, who runs xAI.