DeepMind Researcher Quits Over AI Danger in 5 Years, Big 4 Urge 2025 Pause | AI Daily Brief
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⚡ DeepMind researcher quits warning advanced AI could cause massive harm within 5 years, as Big Tech's joint plea to pause Agent R&D intensifies internal industry alarm over AI safety governance urgency.
A rare convergence is emerging between industry and academia on the risks of AI losing human control. A departing DeepMind researcher has warned that advanced AI could inflict catastrophic harm within five years, while four major players—Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Elon Musk—have simultaneously called for slowing frontier development to guard against Agent-based botnet threats. Taken together, these signals make clear that AI safety has moved from the margins to the center of the discourse; the industry must establish enforceable boundaries before recursive self-improvement accelerates beyond oversight.
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