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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
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Jacob Coxon
AI researcher, Anthropic
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US lawmakers propose AI shutdown powers after extinction warnings
Bipartisan bills in Washington follow researcher resignations and safety incidents. European regulators watch closely as transatlantic standards diverge on containment.
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Brussels seizes on Anthropic resignation to press for AI Act enforcement
Parliament will use a September 30 session to demand the Commission enforce systemic-risk rules on advanced AI models, after a departing researcher warned the technology could kill humanity by decade's end.
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Anthropic researcher quits with warning that AI could kill humanity within a decade
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.
