Anthropic Researchers Warn On AI
Current and former AI lab researchers are urging action over extinction risks.
September 10, 2026 · Updated Sep 10, 7:48pm ET
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FortuneAn ex-Anthropic researcher claims that AI could kill us all. But he fails to answer the most essential question: What are we supposed to do about it?
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What happened
On Sept. 8, Jacob CoxonJacob CoxonBritish AI researcher, a former OpenAI researcher who worked on pretraining at Anthropic, said he resigned from Anthropic over fears that advanced AI could lead to human extinction. Coxon accused Anthropic and OpenAI of gambling with human lives and said current AI is safe to use but future systems could become powerful enough to kill humans. Other Anthropic and OpenAI researchers publicly echoed his warning, including claims of more than a 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within a decade.
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