AI NewsSuperintelligence is coming. Should we let it?

Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?

3:41 AM IST · September 10, 2026

Loading the player… AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recentsafety incidentslike OpenAI’sHugging Face breachare demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans. So what happens when we can’t reliably control what these systems do? On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined byConnor Leahy, an AI researcher, entrepreneur, and now the U.S. Executive Director of nonprofitControlAI, which is pushing for a far more radical approach to AI safety: stopping companies from developing superintelligence altogether. Leahy explains why he thinks the risks have become too great to manage through alignment and containment alone, and how what sounded far-fetched six months ago is now being backed by a wave of new legislation. Subscribe to Equity onYouTube,Apple Podcasts,Overcast,Spotifyand all the casts. You also can follow Equity onXandThreads, at @EquityPod.