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As alarm over the potential dangers of artificial intelligence hit a fever pitch this week, tech executives Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all called for a slowdown in the pace of AI development. The editors at Foreign Affairs have compiled the very best of our recent AI coverage, with essays by leading scholars and policymakers who have been grappling with the question of how to balance this revolutionary technology’s immense opportunities and immense risks.

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A keyboard and robotic hand illustration, June 2026

America’s Superintelligence Dilemma

How to Avoid an AI Catastrophe

By Hal Brands

A petri dish super-imposed with a map of binary code running across it

AI and the New Age of Bioweapons

Preparing for a World of Synthetic Pathogens

By Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

The entrance to an AI cloud center in Munich, Germany, February 2026

The AI Trilemma

How to Regulate a Revolutionary Technology

By Sebastian Elbaum and Sebastian Mallaby

Two hands stacked above a sliced globe, all held together with puppet strings

The AI Power Paradox

Can States Learn to Govern Artificial Intelligence—Before It’s Too Late?

By Ian Bremmer and Mustafa Suleyman

Image of a billboard with a neon 'AI' on it from the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Shanghai, July 2025

The Cost of the AGI Delusion

By Chasing Superintelligence, America Is Falling Behind in the Real AI Race

By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn

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