‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI
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- Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.S1
- An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both U.S. companies of "playing with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement.S2
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‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.
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'They're playing with our lives': AI researcher quits Anthropic
An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both U.S. companies of "playing with our lives" in the race to d…
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Published Sep 9, 2026
What to know
- Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.S1
- An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both U.S. companies of "playing with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement.S2
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