The capabilities of AI models are improving A host of new AI models – the technology that underpins tools like chatbots – were released last year, including OpenAI’s GPT-5, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 and Google’s Gemini 3. If that rate of progress continues, AI systems could complete tasks lasting several hours by 2027 and several days by 2030. AI systems are getting better at undermining oversight Bengio said last year he was concerned AI systems were showing signs of self-preservation, such as trying to disable oversight systems. A core fear among AI safety campaigners is that powerful systems could develop the capability to evade guardrails and harm humans. The report adds that AI agents cannot yet act autonomously for long enough to make these loss-of-control scenarios real.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2026 23:00 UTC