Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigns, warns AI race is 'gambling with our lives'

Coxon, who spent three years in pretraining research at Anthropic and OpenAI, said on X that both labs are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence"; his post drew over 100 million views. Anthropic alignment lead Evan Hubinger put the chance AI kills all humans in the next decade at greater than 10%.
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How this story unfolded
2 days · 14 reports · 17 community posts · 31 of 32 shown
- 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
Silicon Valley Escalates Warnings About Existential Risks of AIbloomberg.com
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