Geoffrey Hinton and over 400 scientists urge air-gapping for hacking-capable AI

An open letter signed by researchers from 34 countries says cyber-capable AI models should be cut off from the internet by default More than 400 scientists want the most dangerous AI models unplugged. Not shut down, just disconnected from the internet by default. The signatories include Turing Award winners Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio. Their open letter targets a specific class of system: AI models capable of hacking. The open letter was published around October 13, 2026. It carries approximately 400 to 420 signatures from computer scientists and AI researchers based in 34 countries. Its central demand is simple.

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