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MIT Technology Review Examines AI Extinction Risk as Eye-Reversal Therapy Reaches Human Trials

MIT Technology Review will host a September 15 roundtable on whether advanced AI could destroy humanity, while reporting that geneticist Yuancheng Lu’s reprogramming therapy, which restored vision in blind mice, has entered human clinical trials.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-14 22:53

The roundtable will feature MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth, senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins, according to the publication. It is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15 at 16:00 BST, 11:00am EST and 8:00am PST. The discussion is to explore where the fears come from, whether they hold any water and, if they do, what should be done about them.

The eye research centers on Yuancheng (Ryan) Lu, a geneticist described by MIT Technology Review as obsessed with aging and with eyes. As he stepped outside the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his aviator glasses darkened automatically in the sun. Age-related blindness runs in his family, and his own 23andMe test came back with a mutation for macular degeneration, a top cause of vision loss in old age. Lu developed a rejuvenation technique called reprogramming that repaired the optic nerves of blind mice and restored their vision. Nearly the same genetic therapy he developed as a student has now entered human clinical trials. He is one of the biotechnology and health honorees on MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2026.

In its roundup of technology news, MIT Technology Review cited reports that Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk have called for an AI slowdown, a rare show of unity among rivals who agreed that AI needs stronger brakes. Amodei wants independent monitors and new industry-wide rules, Altman called for pacing but not stopping, and Musk said on X that “Dario is right.” AI-linked stocks slumped in response, while Chinese state media blasted the calls as a “Cold War” tactic. MIT Technology Review also said AI’s impacts are getting harder to predict.

Trump and Congress are resisting calls for stronger AI regulation, according to the roundup. Trump downplayed AI risks and prioritized the AI race with China, while the House speaker said Congress will not lead on AI regulation. Democrats are pushing for new rules before the midterms, and states and the White House are dividing over AI. Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, said on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Dr. Frankenstein is telling us the monster is escaping; help us stop this.”

Internationally, China plans to lead AI development across the BRICS countries, President Xi proposed open-source AI cooperation, and Beijing’s spy agency has warned of AI threats to national security. South Korea has tightened espionage laws to protect its chip secrets, with foreign spies now facing up to 30 years in prison; the changes follow alleged transfers of Samsung technology to China. The United States and Mexico are teaming up to zap drones at the border, an operation that may employ high-energy lasers, while Ukraine is a Wild West market for drone data.

Other items in the roundup said AI agents are creating a new problem for the criminal justice system because the law has no clear answer when AI agents act independently, and courts face a flood of AI-generated lawsuits. A Waymo pulled over and alerted police after detecting a gun; the riders were juveniles carrying a loaded AR-style ghost gun. Meta has been sued over data used to train its smart glasses, allegedly using Facebook and Instagram photos without consent. A hidden crypto farm in Mexico has put a spotlight on cartel funding, and authorities are investigating whether it stole power from a nearby dam. StarCraft is returning in 2030 as an open-world shooter, 15 years after its last release.

In its “One more thing” feature, MIT Technology Review recounted the hunt for the most dangerous asteroid ever. As asteroid 2024 YR4 hurtled toward Earth, astronomers determined that the massive rock posed a higher risk of impact than any object of its size in recorded history. Then, just as quickly, experts declared that the danger had passed. The story is an inside account of the network of global scientists who found, followed, planned for and finally dismissed the threat.