TREE NEWS update: SoftBank Group leader Masayoshi Son said he is concerned about the safety risks of artificial intelligence, warning that superintelligence could become “super dangerous” in the wrong hands. Speaking Sunday at an event during the “Technology and Society” forum in Kyoto, Son said AI capabilities are growing exponentially and that countries must build mutual trust to manage the technology together. He said humanity no longer has “the luxury of fighting among ourselves.”
SoftBank’s Son Warns of AI Safety Risks, Urges Global Cooperation
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Son's shift from AI booster to safety worrier is notable because SoftBank is one of the sector's largest capital allocators, so his framing carries weight beyond a single keynote. The call for cross-border trust lands awkwardly against export controls and compute nationalism, where the real friction sits. Whether Son pairs this rhetoric with any change in SoftBank's deployment posture, or whether it stays a Kyoto-stage sentiment, is the open question.
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