Jacob Coxon, Anthropic's viral resignee, says he might return to an AI lab
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-11-15
Jacob Coxon — the Anthropic safety researcher whose public resignation went viral — tells Stanford HAI he's no longer sure quitting was right.
"The hesitancy really is that I'm not sure I made the right decision in leaving. I have not been convinced that I would not be having more of an impact by staying and doing safety research. I very much feel like I'm still shouting into the wind... Maybe I'll go back. It's not completely out of the question."
Full interview is on the Stanford HAI YouTube channel.
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