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Former Anthropic researcher warns AI could kill humanity within years
Jacob Coxon, who worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, says staff inside leading AI labs are buying rural land in fear of what they are building
13 September 2026
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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Staff lead on alignment, Anthropic
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Jacob Coxon, who worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, says staff inside leading AI labs are buying rural land in fear of what they are building
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Jacob Coxon, who also worked at OpenAI, says both companies are racing toward self-improving superintelligence without a plan to keep it aligned with human goals. Anthropic's own alignment lead agrees the risk exceeds ten percent.