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  "id": 6393433,
  "title": "Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-says-ai-has-more-than-10-chance-of-killing-all",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-09T07:06:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC Technology",
    "slug": "cnbc-technology",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-ai-safety.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An Anthropic safety researcher has stated that there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans. This warning comes after a former colleague, Jacob Coxon, quit over safety concerns. Coxon, who had spent three years conducting pretraining research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, announced his resignation on X, expressing concerns that the companies were moving too quickly towards increasingly powerful and potentially uncontrollable AI systems.\n\nAccording to Coxon, the companies are \"racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.\" He also claimed that some people in the industry believe that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity within the next several years, with some even suggesting that it could happen by the end of the decade. Coxon's concerns were based in part on conversations with senior researchers and executives in the AI industry.\n\nCoxon is not the only insider to have warned about the risks of AI advancement. His resignation follows others from OpenAI and Anthropic who have expressed similar concerns about the safety risks associated with AI development. According to CNBC, Coxon's departure and warnings highlight the growing concerns about the potential dangers of AI and the need for more responsible development and deployment of these technologies.",
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    "outlets": 11,
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher quits, says AI firms 'gambling with our lives'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-says-ai-firms-gambling-with-our-lives",
        "published": "2026-09-09T03:59:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "An Anthropic researcher just quit, saying OpenAI and Anthropic are 'gambling with our lives'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/an-anthropic-researcher-just-quit-saying-openai-and-anthropic-are",
        "published": "2026-09-09T04:31:37.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher resigns, says AI labs are ‘gambling with our lives’",
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        "published": "2026-09-09T05:29:37.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-says-ai-has-more-than-10-chance-of-killing-all-6393454",
        "published": "2026-09-09T07:06:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "‘Gambling with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic with dire warning about safety",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/gambling-with-our-lives-ai-researcher-quits-anthropic-with-dire",
        "published": "2026-09-09T07:44:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher quits, warns AI labs are ‘gambling with our lives’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-warns-ai-labs-are-gambling-with-our-lives",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:23:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "More than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are 'gambling with our lives'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/more-than-10-chance-ai-could-kill-all-humans-in-the-next-10-years",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:26:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher quits over AI labs ‘gambling with our lives’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-ai-labs-gambling-with-our-lives",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:31:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Anthropic insiders warn AI could kill all humans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-insiders-warn-ai-could-kill-all-humans",
        "published": "2026-09-09T10:04:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "AI researcher quits Anthropic, says frontier AI labs “gambling with our lives”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/ai-researcher-quits-anthropic-says-frontier-ai-labs-gambling-with-our",
        "published": "2026-09-09T10:23:56.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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