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摘要: The AI bubble and warnings of doom
Bank of England governor among ‘throng of figures’ sounding alarm over new technology
Chas Newkey-Burden, The
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The AI bubble and warnings of doom
Bank of England governor among ‘throng of figures’ sounding alarm over new technology
Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK
Published
7 September 2026
The Bank of England officially raised concerns back in July about AI, highlighting the threat of a potential stock market bubble
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Artificial intelligence could cause a global economic downturn, the Bank of England’s governor has warned.
Andrew Bailey is the latest in a “throng of figures” to highlight the risks posed by the most advanced versions of
technology, said
The Guardian
.
What did he say?
Bailey said “frontier”
models were “showing increasingly sophisticated autonomy and problem-solving abilities, as well as threat capabilities”.
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In a two-page letter sent to international finance ministers and central bank governors, Bailey said the advanced models risk destabilising the “highly interconnected” global financial system through cyber-disruption that “can spread across jurisdictions”.
central bank
officially raised concerns about
in July, listing the threats of a potential stock market bubble, worsened cybersecurity vulnerabilit