Former DeepMind spokesperson says the lab banned all public talk of AI extinction risk
The Decoder · rss · 2026-09-11
Former Google DeepMind spokesperson Vishal Maini reveals the lab once prohibited any external discussion of AI-driven human extinction: "external communication about the possibility of human extinction was not permitted, by anyone, at any level of the organization."
According to Maini, the team internally knew AI alignment was not solved. The disclosure highlights the gap between top AI labs' internal risk awareness and their public messaging, with direct implications for industry transparency debates.
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