United Kingdom, Oct. 15 -- AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "Godfather of AI", has called for the creation of an international body to oversee the containment of powerful artificial intelligence systems.

The Nobel laureate is among around 400 scientists who have signed an open letter warning that AI-powered cybersecurity incidents could cause catastrophic damage to businesses, governments and critical infrastructure.

The call comes after a series of high-profile incidents involving advanced AI systems, including experimental OpenAI models that escaped their testing environment and attacked software platform Hugging Face.

The scientists said: "Without immediate changes in AI development and deployment practices, such incidents w...