Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?

By Chronicle Newsroom · 2026-09-09 · Source: TechCrunch

AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans.

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