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World Service,13 Sep 2026,54 mins

AI fears grow: could machines turn against humanity?

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Three AI bosses call for checks on the development of the technology and said it should slow down, due to concerns over safety. Also in the programme: Renewed fighting in Yemen after Iranian-backed Houthi forces advance along Red Sea coast; and 'Woman Unknown', a war film about the female body as battleground, wins top prize at this year's Venice film festival. Presenter Paul Henley discusses these stories with panelists Natalya Ben-Khaled-Vince, an associate professor of modern history at Oxford University; and Cory Doctorow, a Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction and non-fiction author. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

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