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  "id": 7489551,
  "title": "Ex-Google DeepMind researcher adds to warnings that AI could 'kill all humans'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ex-google-deepmind-researcher-adds-to-warnings-that-ai-could-kill-all-7489551",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T05:50:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
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    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2030082/ex-google-deepmind-researcher-adds-to-warnings-that-ai-could-kill-all-humans"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A former Google DeepMind employee has joined a growing chorus of AI researchers warning that the technology could \"kill all humans.\" In a statement posted on X, Bilal Chughtai, who recently resigned from Google DeepMind, expressed his belief that AI poses an existential threat to humanity. Chughtai, who worked on AGI safety and alignment research at the company, stated that time may be running out to prevent such an outcome. This warning comes in the wake of growing public alarm about the potential dangers of AI. Last week, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, citing concerns that AI could lead to human extinction by the end of the decade. In response, Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger agreed with Coxon, saying he believed there was a greater than 10% chance AI could cause human extinction within a decade. Following these recent concerns, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for a slowdown in the pace of advanced AI development, garnering support from figures such as SpaceX and OpenAI CEO Elon Musk and Sam Altman. However, the debate over AI \"doomerism\" has also sparked criticism, with former US President Donald Trump dismissing the warnings as a \"hoax.\"",
  "summary": "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…",
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