New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a scenario.

The CEO of Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind Claude, said he thought the industry needed to reduce the speed of its work, cautioning on September 12 that a swarm of AI agents might be able to take over the internet in six months to a year unless companies devoted more time to putting safeguards in place.

Days after two former Anthropic safety researchers publicly aired concerns that the existential threats AI might pose to humanity were receiving too little attention, Dario Amodei outlined a plan for companies like his and governments around the world to ensure that increasingly capable AI models remain aligned with the commands and values of responsible people.

Paying the rent. Buying groceries. Getting medical care. For many Americans, basic needs like these have become a source of uncertainty—and a reason to reconsider how the economy should work.

Socialist candidates are offering answers. They promise to make housing and healthcare more affordable, reduce inequality and give working people greater control over economic decisions.

Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor and other high-profile campaigns by candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have brought attention to the movement. Its electoral strength remains concentrated in strongly Democratic areas, but DSA ideas are reaching a wider audience.