Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits, warns AI could "kill us all"

Coxon, who spent three years in pretraining research at Anthropic and OpenAI, said on X the labs are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives." His posts drew over 100 million views; Anthropic alignment lead Evan Hubinger said he puts >10% odds on AI killing all humans within a decade.
People · Jacob Coxon, Evan Hubinger
How this story unfolded
2 days · 11 reports · 13 community posts · from Sep 9
- Sep 9
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over AI Fearsbloomberg.com
Anthropic Worker Quits Over AI Firms ‘Gambling With Our Lives’bloomberg.com
‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AItechcrunch.com
Anthropic Worker Resigns, Warns of AI Risks to Humanitybloomberg.com
“It could kill us all”: what Anthropic’s own researchers really think about superintelligencethenewstack.io
Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"arstechnica.com
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’wired.com
- Sep 10
Ex-Anthropic insider tells CNN how AI could kill all humans by 2030youtube.com
AI could 'kill us all' by 2030, warns ex-Anthropic employee. Current AI lead agreesyoutube.com
Anthropic Researcher Resigns With Warning About the Dangers of AI Developmentsecurityweek.com
Top Pentagon Official Rejects Anthropic Researcher’s AI Warningbloomberg.com
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