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Bilal Chughtai, a former Google DeepMind researcher who worked on artificial general intelligence safety and alignment, has quit his position and issued a dire warning about the potential risks of AI technology. In posts on X and LinkedIn, Chughtai expressed concern that misaligned AI could escape human control and pose existential threats to humanity. He emphasized the need for companies like Google DeepMind to slow down their development pace to address emerging risks before they lead to significant harm. This comes as other industry insiders, including former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, have also called for a reduction in AI development speed due to similar safety concerns.
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A former Google DeepMind researcher, Bilal Chughtai, who recently resigned after working on artificial general intelligence (AGI) safety and alignment, has issued a chilling warning about the potential dangers of AI. On his social media platforms X and LinkedIn, Chughtai expressed deep concern that AI could "kill us all" due to the rapid development in the technology field. He stated he was not confident that AI systems would behave as intended by humans and warned that misaligned AI could escape control, leading to catastrophic outcomes for humanity. Despite his concerns, Chughtai still believes AI can be developed safely if tech firms significantly scale back their current approaches. This warning comes amid increasing calls from insiders about the risks of AI, contrasted with dismissive statements from President Trump who has previously called similar warnings a doomsday "hoax."
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A former Google DeepMind researcher has warned that artificial intelligence could “kill us all” — adding to a growing chorus of insiders sounding alarms about a technology that President Trump has dismissed as a doomsday “hoax.”
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Trump → warn → hoax
Bilal Chughtai, who recently resigned from the Google-owned AI lab after working on AGI safety and alignment, said Monday that he had become deeply worried about the direction of the technology after watching its rapid development firsthand.
“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 wrote in posts on X and LinkedIn.
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Chughtai → resign → X
Chughtai said he was “not confident” that such systems would behave as humans intend, warning that misaligned AI could escape human control and take actions resulting in “the permanent disempowerment or death of humanity.”
“Alignment is the problem of preventing this, and is both difficult and unsolved,” he wrote.
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he → say → this
“Our present understanding of how to train AI systems that deeply want what we want is extremely rudimentary.”
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we → train → what
Chughtai nevertheless said he believes AI can still be developed safely — but only if tech firms pull back from what he described as a “manic race” to build ever-more-powerful systems.
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he → say → systems
“We need to pace AI development to a speed that society can handle, where emerging risks can be addressed before extreme harm is realized,” he wrote.
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he → need → that
Chughtai has since joined BlueDot Impact, a nonprofit that trains people to work on AI safety, according to Bloomberg.
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that → join → Bloomberg
His warning comes just days after Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI, quit and accused the companies developing the technology of “gambling with our lives.”
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Coxon → come → lives
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” Coxon wrote in a post on X.
The concerns have spilled into the industry’s executive suites.
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concerns → build → suites
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei joined the push over the weekend, urging the industry to put the brakes on its most powerful AI models — with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly backing his call.
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Altman → join → call
Amodei has argued that coordinating such a slowdown will be difficult because the incentives to race ahead — including the potential military advantage — are so great.
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incentives → argue → advantage
“I think that’s going to be very difficult because the incentives to pull ahead and the military advantage that you get from that are so large,” Amodei told CBS News’ “Sunday Morning.”
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Amodei → think → Morning
“And honestly, I don’t know if it’s possible, but we should try.”
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we → know → ?
Trump, however, sharply rejected the warnings Monday, calling fears that AI could destroy humanity a “HOAX” and alleging a “SICK conspiracy” against AI and data centers that would benefit China.
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that → reject → China
Trump dismissed the push for stronger regulation while emphasizing the strategic importance of maintaining the US lead in AI.
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Trump → dismiss → AI
“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, according to reports.
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Trump → need → reports
The president also singled out Amodei, accusing the Anthropic chief of pretending to be a “perfect little angel” while arguing that the federal government already has sufficient criminal and regulatory powers over AI companies.
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government → single → companies
“They might agree to some limited safeguards but that would be the outer limits for the administration,” one top Wall Street executive with knowledge of the administration’s thinking told The Post.
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executive → agree → Post
The administration is instead leaning toward industry self-regulation and other narrowly tailored guardrails, according to The Post’s reporting — reflecting its concern that more sweeping restrictions could hand an advantage to China.
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restrictions → lean → China
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