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AI developments are outpacing oversight, raising urgent concerns about control and regulation

By DigiconAsia Editors | Sunday, August 3, 2025, 6:22 PM Asia/Singapore

AI developments are outpacing oversight, raising urgent concerns about control and regulation

Experts warn that rapid AI evolution challenges existing safeguards, pushing policymakers and industries to respond to unpredictable risks and ethical dilemmas.

Artificial intelligence is advancing at a pace that is leaving even its creators unnerved, exposing cracks in the structures meant to keep it in check.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently compared the imminent release of GPT-5 to the impact of the Manhattan Project Pandora’s box, warning that AI’s speed is “far outpacing any oversight that could be put in place.”

This sentiment is increasingly echoed across the tech world. At Google DeepMind, CEO Demis Hassabis has voiced more concern about the dangers of unchecked AI than the threat of mass job loss. He points to the risk of “misuse” and inadequate controls as primary worries, remarking that the most advanced AIs could easily be steered toward harmful purposes in the absence of robust safeguards.

Longstanding AI pioneers are sounding the alarm: Geoffrey Hinton, often called the “Godfather of AI” put the odds that AI will outstrip human control at up to 20%. “Our only hope is to instill a desire in them not to harm us,” Hinton has cautioned in the media, highlighting how the complexity, unpredictability, and self-improving nature of these systems challenge both company policies and government regulation alike.

Meanwhile, regulation cannot keep pace. Years of rapid innovation — led largely by private firms in a “winner-takes-all” race — have left lawmakers scrambling to understand new risks, let alone address them.

Policy debates are mired by both the speed of change and the decentralized nature of AI development, leaving critics to wonder if the playbook of social media oversight is doomed to replay, only with far higher stakes.

Many experts now say that human oversight, though still vital, may soon be overwhelmed by the sheer scale, speed, and autonomy of next-generation AI systems. The resulting power shift, as AI grows from tool to independent actor, is no longer just a theoretical concern but an immediate challenge facing society, companies, and regulators as they try to steer a technological revolution already running ahead of its makers.

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