Ex-Google DeepMind researcher adds to warnings that AI could 'kill all humans'

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September 15, 2026 1:15 AM EDT

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Sept 15 (Reuters) - A former ‌Google DeepMind employee ​on ​Monday became the latest AI researcher to warn that the technology could "kill all humans", saying time could be running out to ‌avoid the outcome.

Public alarm about the potential danger posed by ⁠AI is growing, after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week he had resigned, ‌in part because the "people building ‌AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."

Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger then responded to Coxon's comments, saying ​he was correct and that he believed there was a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next ⁠decade.

"I recently resigned from Google DeepMind, where I worked on AGI safety and alignment research," Bilal Chughtai wrote ​on X. "I earnestly believe that AI has the potential to kill us all, and that we might be running ​out of time to avoid this outcome."

Chughtai, ‌who co-authored research papers while at Google DeepMind, worked there as a research engineer and left the company in July ⁠2026, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Google did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.

Following recent concerns, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown ⁠in the pace of advanced AI development over the weekend, winning rare backing from SpaceXAI's ​Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and sparking a debate over AI "doomerism."

Chughtai also said that navigating AI safely was possible but would require coordination "to avoid this manic ‌race between AI companies."

"We need to pace AI development to a speed that society can handle, where emerging ‌risks can be addressed before extreme harm is realised," he added.

President Donald ⁠Trump, however, has dismissed the warnings, ‌saying on social media ​the AI industry's call for regulation is a "hoax."

(Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by ‌Janane Venkatraman)


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