"OpenAI Has Been Very Bad For The World": Ex-Google Researcher

What happened: Alex Turner, who quit Google DeepMind over its Pentagon deal, said "OpenAI has been very bad for the world" and argued no single lab can fix AI threats, adding that the US and China will have to coordinate. Why it matters: The remarks from a former DeepMind researcher frame AI risk as beyond any one lab's control and point to US-China coordination as necessary.

Alex Turner, who quit Google DeepMind over its Pentagon deal, said "OpenAI has been very bad for the world" and argued no single lab can fix AI threats, adding that the US and China will have to coordinate.

The remarks from a former DeepMind researcher frame AI risk as beyond any one lab's control and point to US-China coordination as necessary.