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September 1, 2026

Major AI firms warn of imminent AI-enabled cyberattack wave; White House cuts biosecurity team as AI bio-risk grows

Also: Ebola death toll passes 2,900 as growth rate slows; vaccine rollout expands to frontline workers‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Tuesday 01 September 2026

Transformative AI
Major AI firms warn of imminent AI-enabled cyberattack wave; White House cuts biosecurity team as AI bio-risk grows
More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google, published an open letter on 27 August warning that organisations have only months to prepare for a surge in AI-enabled cyberattacks.

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Transformative AI
Bank of England governor warns G20 that frontier AI risks financial system stability
Transformative AI
Pentagon adds ChatGPT and Grok to central military AI portal
Geopolitics & Conflict
US and Iran trade strikes as Trump vows to 'hit Iran hard'
Research
Reports of AI ignoring user instructions nearly double in a month, monitoring project finds
Research
New mathematical analysis complicates the case for a runaway intelligence explosion

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