Humans could lose control of AI systems, AI boss says | BBC Learning English from the News

BBC Learning English · 8:02 · Sep 16, 2026

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English 'iŋgliʃ n. an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries learn lә:n v. gain knowledge or skills slow slәu v. become slow or slower control kәn'trәul n. power to direct or determine have hæv v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

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From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the news.

欢迎收听BBC英语教学节目，这是《新闻英语》。
In this program, could AI kill us all?

在本期节目中，人工智能会杀死我们所有人吗？
In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

在本期节目中，我们将探讨一则重大新闻，并学习头条中能帮助你理解该新闻的词汇。
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website, BBC Learning English.

你可以在我们的网站 BBC Learning English 上找到本期节目的所有词汇、头条以及练习题。
Head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, published an essay explaining how he feared that humans could lose control of AI systems following recent hacking incidents.

Anthropic 公司负责人达里奥·阿莫代发表了一篇文章，解释了他对近期黑客事件后人类可能失去对人工智能系统控制的担忧。

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