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One of Labor's top economic minds has warned of a one-in-six chance of humans being wiped out in...

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Andrew Leigh, an influential Australian Labor MP and economist, highlights a one-in-six chance of human extinction caused by rogue artificial intelligence. The article articulates the urgent need for international coordination and domestic policy frameworks to mitigate existential threats posed by misaligned frontier models. This discourse reflects a growing recognition within the Australian government of the catastrophic risks associated with rapid AI advancement and the necessity of proactive safety governance.

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