SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, long a prominent AI proponent, warned of
safety risks as machine capabilities accelerate and urge international
cooperation. Speaking alongside White House tech policy adviser Michael Kratsios
at a Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto, Son said the exponential
rise in AI makes it necessary for countries to build mutual trust to jointly
steer the technology, adding “we no longer have the luxury of humans fighting
each other.” He urged cooperation to control greater threats from powerful AI
models and warned that superintelligence in the hands of bad actors could be
“super dangerous.” Son’s unusually cautious tone follows mounting concern after
recent safety glitches in AI models.
