# Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk > Source: > Published: 2026-09-10 16:31:02+00:00 # Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk By Matthias BastianSource: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com) A former Google [DeepMind](/glossary/deepmind) spokesperson says talk of AI-driven human extinction was "external communication about the possibility of human extinction was not permitted, by anyone, at any level of the organization." Internally, the team knew [AI alignment](/glossary/ai-alignment) was not solved, according to Vishal Maini. The article [Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk](https://the-decoder.com/former-deepmind-pr-staffer-says-the-lab-once-banned-public-discussion-of-ai-extinction-risk/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com). Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.