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Google is moving its 90-person AI risk team out of DeepMind and into the division that handles lobbying. Leadership says nothing changes. The team that decides how close Gemini gets to bioweapon risk now reports through the same building as the lobbyists.

Helen King, VP at Google DeepMind and head of the responsibility team (on-record reassurance via internal email, reported by WSJ); unnamed employees/executives voicing concern. Recorded 30 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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