Endgame: Can we live with Artificial General Intelligence?
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The People vs AI
June 10, 2026 · 33 minIf the risks are so great, why are the AI firms continuing their race toward AGI? Geoffrey Hinton says the answer is simple: profit. The Observer’s Jamie Bartlett explores the dynamics of the race, and solutions such as Max Tegmark’s call…
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The world’s biggest problem
June 3, 2026 · 36 minThe frontier labs are racing ahead to build super-intelligent systems, yet few are willing to explain how they plan to control them. Jamie speaks to safety expert Marius Hobbhahn, who reveals how AI models are becoming deceptive, with one…
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A nation of geniuses
May 27, 2026 · 40 minThe world’s richest companies are racing to build Artificial General Intelligence, advanced AI capable of outperforming humans at nearly every cognitive task. Journalist Jamie Bartlett tries to work out how worried he should be about…
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Endgame: Can we live with Artificial General Intelligence?
May 20, 2026 · 3 minImagine a machine that could do every mental task any human could do, except faster and better. That machine is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and a consensus is building in Silicon Valley that it is almost upon us. The Observer’s…