More than 350 leaders and researchers, including Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Geoffrey Hinton, signed a declaration by the Center for AI Safety in March 2023 placing the risk of AI-related extinction at the same level as pandemics or nuclear war. In October 2025, the Future of Life Institute gathered over 800 signatures calling for a ban on developing superintelligence until scientific consensus guarantees its safety. In parallel, OpenAI raised 10 billion dollars from Microsoft in 2023 and is planning its IPO, Anthropic is targeting a record valuation, and Elon Musk launched xAI four months after co-signing a letter calling for a six-month pause on the most powerful models. The European Union adopted the AI Act in 2024, but neither warning texts nor UN reports are binding, and laboratories have never slowed their roadmap. The same power mechanism is at work with Reflect Orbital, a startup authorized by the FCC in July 2026 to test a giant orbital mirror despite opposition from astronomers and biologists.
Source: Read the original article
