How to Govern the Existential Risk of AI

Image credit: Angelo Moleele via Unsplash. Article by Mary Robinson and Ahmet Üzümcü. Time Magazine – September 17, 2026.

The current state of paralysis when it comes to the governance of frontier AI technology is causing tangible harm today and raising the odds of catastrophe tomorrow. That paralysis has been excused by a dangerous set of narratives: that the technology moves too fast for oversight, that companies can self-regulate, and that in a contest between the U.S. and China, public safety can wait. Governments have struggled to give AI risks the attention they demand. […]

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