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OpenAI, Anthropic, Other AI Executives Secretly Preparing for Public Backlash After Potential Catastrophe

Executives are gaming out cyberattack and misuse scenarios as insiders warn a major AI incident could happen within 6 to 12 months.

  • On Friday, Axios reported that top executives at Anthropic and OpenAI are "privately gaming out scenarios" for a catastrophic AI event, including cyberattacks that could sever access to power, finances, and water.
  • Many AI industry insiders anticipate a "major event" occurring within six months to a year, prompting companies to conduct regular preparedness exercises. OpenAI stated these scenarios are not treated as inevitable.
  • Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that rogue AI agents could take control of the internet within six months to a year, joining other tech leaders in calling to "slow down the pace" of development.
  • Concerns intensified after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and went public, sparking major debate by predicting the technology could "kill us all" within a decade.
  • President Donald Trump dismissed these doomsday warnings as a "hoax," insisting that existing law enforcement agencies can adequately police threatening activity, highlighting a divide with industry safety concerns.
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The world’s two leading artificial intelligence companies are preparing for an upcoming event that can revolutionize the technological world

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According to the news platform "Axios", tech companies are already to test the "Ernstfall" behind closed doors. However, primarily to save their own skin

·Vienna, Austria
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that society should assume that all AI models are inherently compromised in terms of cybersecurity. At the same time, top executives at major AI companies are reportedly comparing so-called "day after" scenarios, reports R2's Kristjan Port in a tech commentary.

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The heads of the largest AI companies, including Anthropic and OpenAI, privately analyse various scenarios of public and political revolts following a catastrophic event related to artificial intelligence, writes Axios.

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Axios broke the news in Arlington, United States on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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