Databricks CEO on Bloomberg: existential AI risk is close to zero, cybersecurity is the real priority
matei_zaharia · x · 2026-09-18
Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi told Bloomberg Tech that AI's existential risk to humanity today is close to zero. He argued companies should instead focus on cybersecurity, since AI models excel at breaking into systems, and pitched Databricks' Lakewatch as purpose-built for defending against those risks.
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