Two more AI researchers quit Anthropic and Google over safety concerns: 'No adults in the room'
KateClarkTweets · x · 2026-09-12
- Following Jacob Coxon's viral departure from Anthropic (his post drew 155M+ views on X), two more safety researchers have publicly quit.
- Joe Benton, former safety team lead at Anthropic, warns progress could go from "blistering" to "uncontrollable"; Josh Engels, ex-Google DeepMind, says "there are no adults in the room... no one coming to save us."
- Both call for greater transparency around frontier AI incidents, and the wave of departures has reportedly prompted legislators to call for special sessions.
Source: NBC News exclusive, Sept 2026.
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