TIME cover ignites debate as OpenAI and Anthropic researchers warn of AI risks
AIandDesign · x · 2026-09-15
TIME's new cover chronicles an escalating AI-risk alarm: researcher Jacob Coxon, 27, resigned from Anthropic via a park-bench X post claiming both OpenAI and Anthropic are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence," drawing 153M views in 36 hours. Anthropic's Evan Hubinger and OpenAI's Marcus Williams (70% extinction risk without regulation or coordinated slowdown) echoed the warnings, with dozens of politicians joining. The poster counters that Effective Altruism is the ruling elite's last stand against AI as a great equalizer, seeking control over who gets to use it.
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