Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic researcher resigns, accusing both labs of gambling on self-improving superintelligence
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-12
A researcher who spent three years doing pretraining work at both OpenAI and Anthropic announced his resignation, accusing neither lab of acting responsibly as both race toward self-improving superintelligence.
Related commentary argues calling the discloser a "whistleblower" is inaccurate since the information was already public: the AI industry has repeatedly warned for years its tech might end humanity — the only difference now is people are starting to pay attention.
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