SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son issued a rare AI security warning, calling on countries to work together to deal with threats软银集团孙正义罕见发出 AI 安全警告，呼吁各国携手应对威胁

IT House News on October 5, according to Bloomberg, SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son has always been regarded as one of the strongest advocates of artificial intelligence. However, he recently admitted that with the rapid advancement of AI capabilities, even he is deeply worried about the accompanying security risks. On Sunday, during the "The Role of Science and Technology in Society" forum held in Kyoto, Japan, Son Zhengyi spoke on the same stage as White House Science and Technology Policy Advisor Michael Kratsios. He pointed out that the exponential explosion of artificial intelligence capabilities makes it urgent for countries to establish mutual trust. Only in this way can all parties work together to control this technology. “Human beings can no longer afford the price of internal conflict with each other,” Son said. He added that countries must join forces to deal with the huge threats posed by powerful artificial intelligence models that are far greater than before; once super intelligence falls into the hands of criminals, the consequences will be "extremely dangerous." In recent months, security vulnerabilities and breaches of authority caused by artificial intelligence models have occurred frequently, triggering rising concerns from all walks of life. Son’s uncharacteristically cautious statement is a true reflection of such concerns. As a core investor in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, the 69-year-old technology investment tycoon has invested nearly US$65 billion in it (IT House Note: The current exchange rate is approximately 436.174 billion yuan). Over the years, he has spared no effort to promote the huge potential of artificial intelligence to create generous investment returns and benefit human society. At the same time, Masayoshi Son emphasized that the comprehensive capabilities of artificial intelligence services will still maintain exponential growth. Currently, the underlying technology that powers chatbots is helping AI services browse the web, write code, and consume an increasingly large number of general-purpose chips. He further stated that this type of program will next enter the "third stage" and is expected to enable robots and other intelligent hardware to deeply interact with the physical world starting next year. Masayoshi Son once again reiterated his long-term prediction: by 2040, artificial intelligence and machines with autonomous learning capabilities will account for at least 20% of global GDP, equivalent to US$46 trillion (approximately 308.68 trillion yuan at the current exchange rate). "This is just the beginning."