Google engineer quits over new AI chips, citing fears AI is moving too fast
birchlse · x · 2026-09-27
Robert confirmed he resigned from Google: his GDM team was building a new generation of chips to make AI faster and cheaper, but he believes AI is already progressing too quickly.
Alex Sobel commented that rapid chip development is a key reason dangerous AI is arriving so soon, and argues hardware safety legislation is one of the main tools available — companies have called for a slowdown, yet this chip work signals the opposite.
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