Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential to revolutionize industries, enhance human capabilities, and solve complex global challenges. Yet, its rapid advancement also raises critical ethical, societal, and technical concerns that demand careful navigation. This exploration delves into the multifaceted challenges posed by AI, including ethical dilemmas like algorithmic bias, privacy erosion through mass data collection, workforce displacement due to automation, and the existential risks of uncontrolled autonomous systems. It also addresses the “black box” problem of opaque decision-making, security vulnerabilities, and the potential misuse of AI for malicious purposes.