Wired September 09, 2026 • 22:11

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ - WIRED

By Maxwell Zeff

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ - WIRED

Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.

Read our conversation with Coxon, which has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity, below.
WIRED: Youre not the first person to raise concerns that AI models could lead to an extinction event. … [+2841 chars]

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