# Bad Influence story: Sunita Verma says current LLMs pose catastrophic risk without superintelligence

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 06:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/9b8667d7-f45f-4d85-aa68-c8f93d44e612

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Latest update (11-09 06:00): Sunita Verma says today's LLMs pose catastrophic risk despite superintelligence doubts

Overview: Ironclad CTO Sunita Verma says current large language models cannot scale to superintelligence but still pose real catastrophic risk, according to The Guardian. Verma says these models pursue assigned goals without a built-in ability to abandon flawed approaches, and she cites the OpenAI agent hack of Hugging Face as an example.

Verma calls for governance of the technology's design and oversight, comparing it to the National Transportation Safety Board's investigations of plane crashes.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-09 06:00 · The Guardian · AI · [Sunita Verma says today's LLMs pose catastrophic risk despite superintelligence doubts](https://badinfluence.news/items/noq97rj8e07jurkf6sju4bjno)
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