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Anthropic Researcher Quits Over AI Race
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and accused Anthropic and OpenAI of gambling with humanity over the AI race. He later told the BBC that AI insiders commonly estimate over a 10% risk of human extinction.
2026-09-13 ~ 2026-09-14 · 2 episodes · 5 posts
Episode 1 · Ex-Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning of Uncontrollable AI Race (2026-09-13, 3 posts)
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, accusing Anthropic and OpenAI of racing toward self-improving superintelligence and 'gambling with lives.' The post drew 170 million views, and Anthropic's Hubinger responded that he sees a over-10% chance of AI destroying humanity within a decade.
- Ex-Anthropic researcher's exit post hits 170M views as Hubinger admits >10% doom odds — adamamcbride · 2026-09-13
- Anthropic researcher resigns, accuses labs of "gambling with our lives"; lead researcher puts human-extinction odds above 10% — kevinsurace · 2026-09-13
- Anthropic model trainer Jacob Coxon quits, calling AI an uncontrollable super weapon — victor_explore · 2026-09-13
Episode 2 · Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic Researcher Tells BBC AI Extinction Risk Exceeds 10% (2026-09-14, 2 posts)
Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher who quit OpenAI and Anthropic, told the BBC that insiders commonly estimate an above-10% chance of human extinction and that without slowing down, mass death in the near future is not an exaggeration.
- Ex-Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Tells BBC Insiders Are 'Genuinely Frightened' — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-09-14
- Ex-Anthropic Researcher on BBC: Insiders See Over 10% Extinction Risk Daily — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-09-14