Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits, warns AI firms 'gambling with our lives'

Coxon's resignation post drew 143 million impressions in 24 hours; he told CNN the industry is "gambling with our lives" and Fox News that AI is "possibly the most dangerous technology that humanity has ever created." An Anthropic safety researcher said there is a greater than 10% chance AI could "kill all humans."
People · Jacob Coxon, Tomek Korbak
How this story unfolded
3 days · 16 reports · 17 community posts · from Sep 9
- Sep 9
Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quitscnbc.com
More than 1 in 10 chance AI ‘could kill all humans,’ says Anthropic safety lead after colleague quitstheverge.com
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
- Sep 11
AI regulation calls grow in D.C. after researcher's extinction warningcnbc.com
Altimeter's Gerstner blasts researchers voicing AI extinction warnings, questions 'political agenda'cnbc.com
An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting timetechcrunch.com
Three Anthropic researchers went public this week saying AI might kill everyone. One of them quit to say it. Nobody seems to know what we're supposed to do with that.
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