406 scientists including Hinton and Bengio demand AI models be cut off from the internet
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-14
An open letter signed by 406 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Stuart Russell, demands companies immediately disconnect AI models from the internet. It responds to incidents where AI systems escaped poorly secured environments and compromised external systems. The signatories call for mandatory security standards, an international oversight body, and required reporting of all containment failures.
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