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Sep 9, 2026

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigns, warns AI companies are 'gambling with our lives'

Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher at Anthropic, publicly resigned warning that AI companies including Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward self-improving superintelligence irresponsibly. He claimed AI executives privately fear catastrophic outcomes while continuing development.

Sep 9, 2026·9 sources
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  • ▪Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old artificial intelligence researcher, resigned from Anthropic on September 8, 2026, after working for three years on pre-training research at both OpenAI and Anthropic.
  • ▪The United States should ban the development of superintelligent AI
  • ▪Mrinank Sharma, Anthropic's former safeguards research lead, resigned in February 2026 with a letter warning that humanity faces grave and growing danger from artificial intelligence.

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AI safety & social impactRecursive self-improvementAI alignmentAGI catastrophic riskAI governanceAI existential risk (x-risk)AGI arms race & geopoliticsAI Safety

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