In the United States, they are simulating scenarios for a society to collapse in the event of a cyber disaster.

Leaders of leading US companies in the field of artificial intelligence are secretly simulating scenarios for the rebellion of society and the authorities in the event of a large-scale cyber attack, the Axios portal reports.

According to the publication, top managers, including the head of OpenAI Sam Altman and the head of Anthropic Dario Amodei, believe that a major incident that could paralyze the work of banks, the Internet or power grids is inevitable. The industry fears that the crisis will turn citizens against developers and US President Donald Trump due to the authorities' reluctance to strictly regulate the industry.

"OpenAI conducts preparedness exercises in which teams discuss and work through a range of potential scenarios. These scenarios are not considered inevitable, but are intended to help us prepare for a variety of circumstances," a company spokesperson said.

According to the material, the developers expect that Democrats in Congress will try to block technology, even banning superintelligence. At the same time, the demand to introduce an emergency shutdown button for advanced AI is supported by both parties and part of the business. However, it is noted that experts doubt the success of the bans due to open models and the dependence of the world economy on the field of AI.

The recent cyber attack on South Korean banks has become a cause for concern. According to cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, a Chinese hacker used local AI models, including DeepSeek, to steal data from tens of thousands of customers and then asked the tool Claude Code for help finding marketplaces for selling the stolen information.

Anthropic declined to comment on the situation, the portal writes.