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DeepMind Officer Flags AI Extinction Risk, Urges Climate Action

8/6/2026

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Lila Ibrahim, Google DeepMind’s chief AI readiness officer, told Fortune that AI’s extinction risk is “not zero” and must be treated like nuclear war.
She said she cannot give a precise probability, noting Geoffrey Hinton estimates a 10%-20% chance of extinction within three decades and Dario Amodei cites a 25% chance of a severely bad future.
Lila Ibrahim urged using AI to combat extreme weather and waste.

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Lila Ibrahim, Google DeepMind’s chief AI readiness officer, told Fortune that AI’s extinction risk is “not zero” and must be treated like nuclear war.
She said she cannot give a precise probability, noting Geoffrey Hinton estimates a 10%-20% chance of extinction within three decades and Dario Amodei cites a 25% chance of a severely bad future.
Lila Ibrahim urged using AI to combat extreme weather and waste.