TechCrunch September 09, 2026 • 15:02

‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI - TechCrunch

By Rebecca Bellan

‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI - TechCrunch

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.

An Anthropic researcher has resigned over fears that unrestrained development of self-improving AI models will end up killing us all.
Jacob Coxon, a researcher who said in a social media post Tuesd… [+6001 chars]

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