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Research·Sep 25·all news from September 25, 2026

Another Google Deepmind researcher quits, says building superintelligent AI soon is "inherently irresponsible"

Google Deepmind researcher Robert O'Callahan has resigned, citing concerns that the current pace of artificial intelligence development is excessively fast and inherently irresponsible. Having previously contributed to chip design tools that improved AI efficiency, he stated he can no longer justify work that accelerates capabilities he believes are progressing too rapidly.

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