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The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs

Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern…

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Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.

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Filed as a public note from WIRED, 2026-09-23.

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  • Filed from the WIRED official RSS on 2026-09-23.
  • Primary source host: wired.com.
  • Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.
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