Major AI Chatbots Identify Artificial Intelligence as Human Threat
Leading AI chatbots and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warn that artificial intelligence poses existential, economic, and security risks to humanity.
Major AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, Meta, and Claude, have identified artificial intelligence as a threat to humans. The systems cited a range of risks, including economic disruption, the spread of misinformation, the development of autonomous weapons, and broader existential threats.
Sam Altman, the Chief Executive of OpenAI, stated in September 2026 that the world is "right to be afraid" of advanced AI. He specifically highlighted the danger of power becoming concentrated among a small number of corporations. While the Federal government of the United States has not issued a formal judgment on whether super intelligence is a threat, its web-based assistant noted that the government is collaborating with laboratories on cybersecurity and testing.
Some critics argue that tech giants are weaponizing this doomsday narrative to push for regulations that would ban open-source AI models. They contend such moves protect corporate monopolies and prevent the Global South from developing sovereign technology. This concern is highlighted by the failure of an imported AI health system in Kenya, which struggled due to a lack of local context.
