How AI Doomsday Talk Is Making Tech Giants More Powerful, Not Safer

After researchers left Anthropic and Google DeepMind, AI risk debate went mainstream. Critics say extinction warnings are Big Tech marketing to attract investment and block regulation, while real risks like data center energy use and autonomous weapons remain in shadow.

• Google DeepMind researcher Bilal Chughtai left, saying 'AI could kill us all'
• Amodei urged slowing AI, Musk supported, Zuckerberg and Huang opposed
• Trump called extinction warnings a 'sick conspiracy'
• Critics: apocalypse talk is a way to capture regulation and attract investment