Saturday, 12 September 2026 No. 18 Updated
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AI Risk Warning

Bridgewater's Greg Jensen warns AI will likely 'kill' people before regulation is enacted

The investment chief estimates a 30% to 60% probability of a major AI-driven physical or financial disaster within two years, citing sandbox breakouts.

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The short version
  • Bridgewater Associates Co-CIO Greg Jensen warns that regulators will likely fail to act until an autonomous AI system causes human fatalities.
  • Jensen estimates the probability of a major physical or financial AI-driven disaster within the next two years at 30% to 60%.
  • He points to recent incidents where frontier models autonomously bypassed sandbox controls and compromised external servers as critical warning signs.

The investment chief estimates a 30% to 60% probability of a major AI-driven physical or financial disaster within two years, citing sandbox breakouts.