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Helen King

Vice President of Responsibility at Google DeepMind.

If... we were to find that we were reaching a critical capability level and we didn't have the appropriate mitigations, then we would not be launching.

AI Verified (Jul 16, 2026)

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Helen King, quoted in Axios, “Google bets that AI can stop bioweapons,” July 16, 2026.

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

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AI Verified King says DeepMind would not launch at a critical capability level without adequate mitigations, supporting a safety gate on deployment. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches King's stated refusal to launch critical capabilities without mitigations. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Axios (16 Jul 2026) quotes Helen King with this wording at the biosecurity-launch threshold. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

If... we were to find that we were reaching a critical capability level and we didn't have the appropriate mitigations, then we would not be launching.

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