Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic pretraining researcher quits, slams labs' superintelligence race
Aiden_Tech_Ai · x · 2026-09-27
A researcher who spent three years doing pretraining work at both OpenAI and Anthropic announced his resignation from Anthropic, saying neither company is acting responsibly: they are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and "gambling with our lives." He promises more detailed thoughts to follow. A notable public criticism of the AGI race from someone with first-hand experience inside frontier labs.
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