Anthropic researcher quits, says AI firms 'gambling with our lives'

An Anthropic researcher quit over fears of runaway AI. His colleague who still works there agreed. Security experts argue that the incidents that are already on record call for tighter oversight, not panic.

Samuel Boivin Artificial intelligence (AI) could wipe out humanity this decade, according to three researchers from the US company Anthropic. One of the employees, Jacob Coxon, has quit the AI firm. His predictions were backed by two other current Anthropic researchers in posts…

Gorodenkoff / Getty Images Earlier this week, researcher Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic, saying the firm and its competitors are “gambling with our lives”. “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans,” added current Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger in a post on X.…

AI could kill all humans Anthropic researcher quits sounds alarm

After Jacob Coxon roiled the AI industry with his viral departure from Anthropic, two more researchers are speaking out about their concerns over AI safety.

In a policy statement, the ChatGPT maker said voluntary commitments by AI developers were no longer adequate, and urged US lawmakers to act before Congress adjourns in December.

Today on the Big Take: A recent hacking incident and a strongly-worded warning from a researcher have invited new scrutiny on the AI industry.

It’s becoming harder for Anthropic PBC to justify some of the most unfalsifiable circular logic to ever come out of Silicon Valley: the pursuit of artificial superintelligence, which by its own admission could kill a lot of humans.

Movement to rein in AI companies gaining bipartisan support after a series of incidents involving rogue agents

What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people building AI earnestly believe that…

An Anthropic researcher quit his job and gave up his soon-to-vest stock to warn that AI could pose an extinction-level risk by 2030.

There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are “gambling…

Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become ‘superhuman systems’ that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have…

A lead researcher at Anthropic said "AI could kill all humans" on Tuesday, giving it a more than 10% chance within the next decade. The call now is for a global conversation about risk and safety. Jo Ling Kent has more from Silicon Valley, and Tristan Harris, co-founder of the…

Lawmakers from both political parties expressed concern on Wednesday after several current and former researchers at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued stark warnings about this developing technology. Jacob Coxon, a former researcher for both Anthropic and…

A senior employee at the company Anthropic has said that there's a greater than 10% chance the technology could kill humanity within the next decade.

Anthropic logo, a keyboard, and a robotic hand in this illustration taken June 5, 2026. — Reuters An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race

Anthropic safety executive Evan Hubinger says AI could kill humans.

Jacob Coxon said in a post on X that Anthropic and OpenAI are "gambling with our lives."

AI poses over 10% risk of wiping out humanity, Anthropic researcher warns

AI's builders have a problem: everyone fears what happens if they stop, and everyone fears what happens if they don't

One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity Artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, according to three researchers with the industry giant Anthropic, one of whom has quit his job in…

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.

Jacob Coxon gave a chilling warning that superintelligence is set to kill humanity by the end of the decade as he quit working for Anthropic.

An Anthropic researcher is leaving AI, warning it could be out of control by late 2027. OpenAI’s chief scientist is also urging caution, saying no one is prepared for rising machine intelligence.

There is a more than 10% chance that "AI could kill all humans" in the next decade, a top safety researcher at Anthropic has said.

Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher at Anthropic warned that the technology is advancing rapidly toward superhuman systems that can hack anything

It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence.

Latest departure highlights mounting unease inside Silicon Valley companies racing to build ever more powerful systems

A researcher for AI developer Anthropic has quit the company and is one of a growing number of AI experts to call on the industry to slow down.

The artificial intelligence industry was ‘racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives’, Jacob Coxon said on social media.

An Anthropic researcher has quit the AI industry, warning that labs are racing toward self-improving systems that could spiral beyond human control.

A researcher at Anthropic has tendered his resignation, warning that artificial intelligence (AI) labs are racing to develop systems that could pose a “threat” to human life within years. Jacob Coxon’s departure was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which said it was…

According to Coxon the systems could soon have superhuman strength and this poses a level of danger to everyone.