Artificial Intelligence Risks Spur Safety Advice and Future Scenario Planning

Experts warn that the growing use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude and Perplexity creates significant data‑privacy risks. Users are urged to treat chatbot interactions as public, disable memory functions, use secondary email addresses, employ multiple bots to fragment data, and critically filter AI responses to avoid accidental disclosure of personal, financial or medical information.

Separately, the AI Futures Project released a study outlining possible trajectories for advanced AI up to 2040. The report presents dystopian scenarios in which humanity loses control of super‑intelligent systems or power concentrates in a few executives and politicians. It proposes strategic planning, including slowing development for safety and considering international agreements, to steer AI toward a positive, flourishing future.