OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google employees (and a former Anthropic employee) publicly warned that rapid AI progress could lead to human extinction and urged slowing or regulation
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Employees at major AI labs, along with a former Anthropic employee, publicly described fears that AI could rapidly create catastrophic or existential risks. Their statements escalated mainstream attention and intensified calls for coordinated “pacing” measures or regulation to slow aspects of AI progress.