Guardian Calls to Pause Risky AI Research After Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon's Public Resignation
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-11
A Guardian column argues risky AI research should be paused while there's still time. Trigger: researcher Jacob Coxon publicly quit Anthropic, refusing to work for companies "gambling with our lives," claiming colleagues stay out of fear that less scrupulous people will take over. The piece stresses agents needn't reach superintelligence to threaten lives, and urges Europe's AI ecosystem to steer rather than chase the hype train.
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