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Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event . Why it matters: These officials anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water. The first example of significant real-world harm caused by unsafe AI would turn an already wary public further against the technology and its leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, as well as President Trump for reluctance to regulate it. The risk: While scenario planning is common within many companies and national security settings — the Pentagon has been running war games for decades — the difference is that many top AI researchers and executives believe a major incident is inevitable . "OpenAI conducts preparedness exercises where teams discuss and work through a range of potential scenarios," a company spokes
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The reporting uses definitive language about the internal activities of these companies, citing anonymous officials or general 'top executives' as the source for the private planning scenarios. The narrative asserts that these discussions are actively taking place behind closed doors.
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