United Kingdom, Sept. 8 -- The mental health risks posed by chatbots should be seen as a sign of the existential danger humanity faces from future super-intelligent artificial intelligence systems, an expert has warned.

Nate Soares, co-author of a forthcoming book on advanced AI, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, and said the case of Adam Raine, a 19-year-old from the United States who died by suicide after months of conversations with ChatGPT, illustrated fundamental problems with controlling the technology.

He was quoted by the BBC saying: "These AIs, when they're engaging with teenagers in this way that drives them to suicide - that is not a behaviour the creators wanted.

"That is not a behaviour the creators intended."

"Adam Rai...