December 7, 2025
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 7 — Spectacular lava fountains burst from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Saturday, US volcanologists said, nearly a year after one of the world’s most active volcanoes began its latest eruptive phase.
NEW YORK, Sept 23 — Nobel laureates, technology leaders and politicians have urged governments to urgently set global “red lines” to prevent artificial intelligence from being used in areas deemed too dangerous.
More than 200 prominent figures — including 10 Nobel Prize winners and scientists from leading AI firms Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft and OpenAI — signed a letter unveiled at the opening of the latest UN General Assembly session.
“AI has immense potential to advance human wellbeing, but its current trajectory carries unprecedented risks,” the letter warned. “Governments must act decisively before the chance for meaningful intervention closes.”
The appeal called for internationally binding bans on high-risk uses of AI. Suggested red lines include giving AI control over nuclear weapons, deploying lethal autonomous systems, enabling mass surveillance, imposing social scoring, launching cyberattacks, or impersonating individuals.
The signatories urged governments to adopt such safeguards by the end of next year, citing the rapid pace of AI development.
“AI could soon surpass human capabilities and intensify risks such as engineered pandemics, widespread disinformation, large-scale manipulation — including of children — national and international security threats, mass unemployment, and systematic human rights abuses,” the letter cautioned.
It added that without swift action, experts — including AI’s own developers — warn it may soon become increasingly difficult to maintain meaningful human control. — AFP
