Ex-Google DeepMind Researcher Also Warns AI Could 'Kill All Humans'.  But Meta's Zuckerberg Believes Safety is Up to Each AI Company

Former Google DeepMind research engineer Bilal Chughtai said on X that he "earnestly believe[s] that AI has the potential to kill us all, and that we might be running out of time to avoid this outcome," after leaving the company in July 2026, according to his LinkedIn profile. Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger said he believed there was a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade, following Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's resignation. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded that each AI company must ensure its own technology is safe, citing "significant liability" and Meta's several-month delay of its Muse AI agent, and urged labs to commit the significant majority of compute to serving people rather than recursive self-improvement.

Reuters reports that a former Google DeepMind employee "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. Meanwhile, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg "said it's up to each AI company to make sure its technology is safe," reports the Associated Press, "distancing himself from calls by rival companies for a coordinated slowdown in the development of advanced artificial intelligence. AI companies are already motivated to develop their models in a safe way and face "significant liability" to prevent them from causing harm, Zuckerberg said. "Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens," he wrote on X... Zuckerberg said Meta delayed releasing its Muse AI agent for several months to ensure its safety and security. "We didn't call for everyone else to do this before we would," he said. Companies should prioritize building safe AI models instead of systems that can automatically improve themselves, a function known as recursive self-improvement, Zuckerberg wrote. "Committing the significant majority of compute towards serving people rather than racing towards recursive self-improvement is one of the best ways to ensure we develop this technology safely." But Zuckerberg also agreed that engaging independent evaluators and advisors "is industry best practice," adding that Meta Superintelligence Labs "already does this today in several areas because it helps produce better work... "I believe the key to building a positive future for everyone is maintaining the right balance of power. This is within our power to do." Read more of this story https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/16/2151240/ex-google-deepmind-researcher-also-warns-ai-could-kill-all-humans-but-metas-zuckerberg-believes-safety-is-up-to-each-ai-company?utm source=rss1.0moreanon&utm medium=feed at Slashdot.