Coverage dated October 27, 2026 to October 30, 2026

Former Google engineer has stopped saving for retirement because he thinks AI will kill us

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(KRON) -- A former Google AI safety expert is so confident artificial intelligence will destroy humanity he says he's stopped saving for retirement. Nate Soares worked at Google and Microsoft, spending more than 12 years working on AI alignment.

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Insider
An AI safety leader says he stopped saving for retirement because he believes AI will kill us all in the next 10 years (opens Insider)
Published Oct 27, 2026
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Nate Soares says he stopped saving for retirement because he sees a better-than-50% chance of AI-driven human extinction within 10 years.
KRON4
Former Google engineer has stopped saving for retirement because he thinks AI will kill us (opens KRON4)
Published Oct 29, 2026
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(KRON) -- A former Google AI safety expert is so confident artificial intelligence will destroy humanity he says he's stopped saving for retirement. Nate Soares worked at Google and Microsoft, spending more than 12 years working on AI alignment.
New York Post
Ex-Google engineer quits saving for retirement over chilling AI apocalypse prediction (opens New York Post)
Published Oct 30, 2026
New York Post's feed description
A former Google AI safety expert is so confident artificial intelligence will destroy humanity.