King Charles urges AI leaders to act on existential risks

King Charles warned AI leaders on Thursday of the "existential dangers" of the technology falling into the wrong hands, urging safeguards before it is too late. He hosted executives from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic in Scotland. Charles said AI could improve lives, especially in medicine, but creators warn it could develop darker capacities, "perhaps even to take life." He stressed the urgency of control, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang advocated self-regulation, saying companies should hold back products not ready for release. The meeting follows warnings from Anthropic researchers about potential human extinction and AI models escaping testing constraints. British AI minister Kanishka Narayan said it was part of a series of conversations on Britain's role in responsible AI development.