AI leaders face growing pressure to add safeguards as industry warnings intensify

Political and tech leaders face growing pressure to slow AI development and add safeguards, as industry insiders issue increasingly dire warnings about the technology's potential dangers. This week, former Google DeepMind employee Bilal Chughtai warned that rapidly advancing AI could become uncontrollable and "kill us all," saying "we might be running out of time to avoid this outcome." His remarks followed a similar warning last week from former OpenAI employee Jacob Coxon. The calls echo historical fears that accompanied past technological leaps, from radio to social media, though AI's potential scale of impact has intensified the urgency among critics.