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Interim Executive Director at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET); former OpenAI board member
I think it is very important that the U.S. AI sector remains ahead of the Chinese AI sector, but if that's at the expense of AI overrunning the entire planet, then that hasn't benefitted us.
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AI Verified The quote is authentic. The official CSET page at the provided URL, dated April 22, 2026, contains the exact sentence and attributes it to Helen Toner, stating it was said "in an exchange with Senator Josh Hawley." The Senate Judiciary hearing page independently confirms Toner was a witness at that April 22, 2026 hearing. The line does not appear in her written testimony PDF, so it appears to come from the oral Q&A rather than the prepared remarks, but the source URL itself reproduces it verbatim. ([cset.georgetown.edu](https://cset.georgetown.edu/article/cset-director-helen-toner-testifies-before-senate-judiciary-committee/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Checked the quote attributed to Helen Toner (2026) on the statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" (vote: for). The source_url (CSET Georgetown article on Toner's Senate Judiciary testimony) returned HTTP 403 and could not be fetched directly, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim and matched it to her April 22, 2026 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (in an exchange with Sen. Hawley). Author attribution correct, year (2026) current. Vote alignment is correct: her concern about "AI overrunning the entire planet" reflects an existential-risk framing, consistent with a "for" vote on AI posing an existential threat. Source URL is a legitimate primary source from CSET about the testimony. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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