Former DeepMind researcher warns AI risks may be running out of control

A former Google DeepMind researcher, Bilal Chughtai, has warned that artificial intelligence could pose an extreme threat to humanity, potentially "killing us all". According to Chughtai, time may be running out to avoid this outcome. He made these comments on social media platform X, stating that he earnestly believes AI has the potential to kill all humans and that they might be running out of time to avoid this outcome.

Chughtai is not alone in his concerns. Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon recently resigned, citing concerns that AI could kill all humans by the end of the decade. Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger also expressed similar concerns, stating that he believes there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, according to the Dawn and Investing.com.

The growing concerns about AI risks have sparked a debate, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling for a slowdown in the pace of advanced AI development. Amodei's comments were backed by Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Chughtai, who worked at Google DeepMind as a research engineer until July 2026, co-authored research papers during his time there and focused on AGI safety and alignment research.

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