Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic Researcher's AI Safety TV Warning Dismissed as Nothing New
deliprao · x · 2026-09-10
Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher who publicly resigned from Anthropic with a stark AI safety warning, appeared on Anderson Cooper's show. Delip Rao argues Coxon was just echoing the AI-pause bubble's Twitter talking points with nothing new, and that the real danger is the concentration of power and wealth — and society's blind eye to individuals and companies growing unfettered.
Related event: Ex-Anthropic researcher warns AI could 'kill us all' on CNN(2 posts)→
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