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There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sent an internal memo on Monday declaring a code red situation to prioritize improvements to ChatGPT, which will delay work on other initiatives such as autonomous AI agents, advertising, AI shopping assistants, health agents and a personal assistant called Pulse.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sent an internal memo on Monday declaring a code red situation to prioritize improvements to ChatGPT, which will delay work on other initiatives such as autonomous AI agents, advertising, AI shopping assistants, health agents and a personal assistant called Pulse.

Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month, which surpassed OpenAI's models on industry benchmark tests and gained widespread praise for its capacity to reason and code, as well as its performance on niche tasks that have previously challenged AI chatbots.

Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month, which surpassed OpenAI's models on industry benchmark tests and gained widespread praise for its capacity to reason and code, as well as its performance on niche tasks that have previously challenged AI chatbots.

ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly users, while Google reported that its Gemini app has 650 million monthly active users, with the user base growing from 450 million in July to 650 million in October following the release of an image generator called Nano Banana.

ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly users, while Google reported that its Gemini app has 650 million monthly active users, with the user base growing from 450 million in July to 650 million in October following the release of an image generator called Nano Banana.

OpenAI is not profitable and must raise funding at a near constant pace to survive, while the company's own financial projections indicate it will need to grow revenue to roughly 200 billion dollars to turn a profit in 2030, according to internal documents.

OpenAI is not profitable and must raise funding at a near constant pace to survive, while the company's own financial projections indicate it will need to grow revenue to roughly 200 billion dollars to turn a profit in 2030, according to internal documents.

Nick Turley, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT, wrote on X on Monday that the company's focus is now to keep making ChatGPT more capable, continue growing and expand access around the world while making it feel even more intuitive and personal.

Nick Turley, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT, wrote on X on Monday that the company's focus is now to keep making ChatGPT more capable, continue growing and expand access around the world while making it feel even more intuitive and personal.

Altman told employees in the memo that a new reasoning model OpenAI plans to release next week is ahead of Google's latest Gemini model and that the company is still performing well on various other fronts despite the competitive pressures it faces.

Altman told employees in the memo that a new reasoning model OpenAI plans to release next week is ahead of Google's latest Gemini model and that the company is still performing well on various other fronts despite the competitive pressures it faces.

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