AI at Davos 2026: Leaders push useful deployment, caution against 'not really human' AI

At Davos 2026, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and leaders from Anthropic and Google DeepMind, alongside Yuval Harari and Yoshua Bengio, debated AI’s path: it should be useful and broadly accessible, while warning against mistaking AI for human-level thinking. They urged humility about AI limits, called for gradual, internationally coordinated safety standards, and warned of governance risks as AI could reshape work, geopolitics (including chip sales to China), and society in the coming years.