‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment

<p>Safety crisis makes it more likely that governments will be spurred into action, says Yoshua Bengio</p><p>Concerns over AI safety are reaching a point where governments realise they must act to protect the public, similarly to in the Covid pandemic, according to one of the “godfathers” of the technology.</p><p>Yoshua Bengio said recent events, including a “swarm” of OpenAI agents <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/openai-rogue-models-hugging-face-investigation">hacking a startup</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/anthropic-researchers-ai-human-extinction">tech insider warnings of an existential threat</a>, were cutting through – making government action more likely.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/16/ai-tech-regulation-government-action-yoshua-bengio">Continue reading...</a>