DeepMind AI safety researcher Josh Engels resigns, warns of superintelligence risks
Engels said in a post on X that he left DeepMind three weeks ago despite enjoying his work there and turning down offers from Anthropic and OpenAI because he believes the stakes surrounding advanced AI have become too high.
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DeepMind AI safety researcher Josh Engels resigns, warns of superintelligence risks Why it matters: Research is pushing on evals and safety guardrails, which matters for builders hardening agents against prompt injection, reasoning leaks, and other failure modes. Source: The...
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