Evan Hubinger, alignment‑science lead at Anthropic, replied that he personally estimates the probability of AI eradicating humanity at greater than ten percent within the next ten years.

The thread, amplified by a cascade of retweets and reposts, had accumulated more than 120 million views as of Wednesday evening, illustrating the rapid diffusion of the existential warning across the digital sphere.

Concurrently, a coalition of more than one hundred companies—including OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft—signed an open letter cautioning that AI‑enabled cyber‑attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as generative models continue to evolve.

Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, UN human‑rights chief Volker Türk called for “cast‑iron guarantees” around AI safety, warning that without decisive safeguards the window for effective regulation may close irrevocably.

For policymakers, the convergence of a quantified >10 % existential risk, a viral public outcry, and coordinated industry alarm signals an urgent need to embed robust safety provisions into AI governance frameworks; for corporations, it underscores the commercial and reputational stakes of pre‑emptive risk mitigation; for the public, it translates abstract technical debates into a tangible, time‑sensitive threat that demands democratic oversight.