Former Google DeepMind engineer Bilal Chughtai says AI could kill humanity and time may be running out, urging coordination to address risks. There is no sign his warning has slowed Alphabet’s AI push; it is his assessment of a future risk.
Chughtai called for coordination among AI companies—not a halt—and a pace that allows emerging risks to be addressed. Anthropic researchers have voiced similar concerns: Jacob Coxon said AI developers believe the technology could pose an existential threat by the end of the decade; Evan Hubinger said he believed there was a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within ten years. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged slower advanced-model development and more safety coordination; the article says Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed the call.
Alphabet has spent years building DeepMind into its advanced-AI research operation, embedding AI across Search, Cloud and other products, and investing in servers and data centers. Reuters reported that President Trump called the AI industry’s push for regulation a “hoax” on social media; Google had not responded to Reuters’ request for comment on Chughtai’s remarks at the time.
