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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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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 · 1h 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 · 1h 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 · 1h ago
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