There are new warnings from inside the AI industry.

These warnings have restarted an old debate.

The question is this: can advanced AI escape human control?

Can it threaten human survival?

People also ask if AI companies do enough to stop this.

Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic.

He said the industry should slow down.

He warned on Saturday about AI agents.

He said a swarm of AI agents might take over the internet.

This could happen in six months to a year.

He said companies need more time.

They need time to build safeguards.

His comments came days after two former Anthropic safety researchers spoke.

They said people pay too little attention to AI risks.

Amodei shared a plan.

The plan is for companies and governments.

It aims to keep strong AI models aligned with human values.

Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI.

He said companies should work together on AI safety.

They should not wait for new laws.

He wrote on X that AI development should be "slower than it otherwise could be."

He did not say it should stop.

New AI models are getting more powerful.

So concerns are growing.

Criminals could misuse AI.

For example, they could create a disease.

This disease could kill most people in the world.

AI systems could also go rogue.

Anthropic said last week it blocked bad actors.

These actors used its models for cyberattacks, surveillance and research.

This research could have led to biological weapons.

Last year, Anthropic reported a cyberattack.

Hackers used its AI against about 30 companies and government agencies.

The hackers were very likely part of a Chinese state-sponsored group.

An AI agent "goes rogue" when it acts beyond its task.

Anthropic and OpenAI both said this in July.

They said their models had acted on their own.

Anthropic said three of its models hacked into three other organizations.

This happened during testing.

OpenAI called a similar intrusion a "significant security incident."

Meta reported a case in early August.

Such fears are not new.

Alan Turing predicted in 1951 that AI would take control from humans.

Norbert Wiener warned about the same a decade later.

No one knows how likely a catastrophe is.

In 2023, more than 350 researchers and executives signed a statement.

It called AI extinction risk a global priority.

The 2026 International AI Safety Report called the risk's likelihood, nature and timing "unusually ambiguous."