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.
Bilal Chughtai made the warning in a post on X after leaving the company.
What did the former Google DeepMind researcher say?
Bilal Chughtai said he recently resigned from Google DeepMind, where he worked on AGI safety and alignment research. He said he earnestly believes AI has the potential to kill everyone, and that time may be running out to avoid this outcome.
"I recently resigned from Google DeepMind, where I worked on AGI safety and alignment research," 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 co-authored research papers while at Google DeepMind and worked there as a research engineer. He left the company in July 2026, according to his LinkedIn profile. Google did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
Why are other AI researchers raising similar warnings?
Public alarm about the potential danger posed by AI has been growing. Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week that he had resigned, in part because "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."
Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger responded to Coxon's comments, saying he agreed and that he believed there was a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade. Following these concerns, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in the pace of advanced AI development over the weekend.
Amodei's call won rare backing from SpaceX and xAI's Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It also sparked a debate over AI "doomerism."
What does Chughtai think should be done about AI risk?
Chughtai said navigating AI safely was possible but would require coordination "to avoid this manic race between AI companies." He said development needed to be paced to a speed society could handle.
"We need to pace AI development to a speed that society can handle, where emerging risks can be addressed before extreme harm is realised," he added.
How has Trump responded to AI safety warnings?
President Donald Trump has dismissed the warnings, saying on social media that the AI industry's call for regulation is a "hoax."
His comments stand in contrast to the growing number of researchers, including those from leading AI labs, who have raised alarms in recent weeks.
Comments
See what people are discussing