{
  "id": 6480462,
  "title": "Anthropic researcher quits, warns AI \"could kill all of us by the end of the decade\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-warns-ai-could-kill-all-of-us-by-the-end",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-09T21:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/anthropic-researcher-quits-warns-ai-could-kill-us-end-of-decade/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A former Anthropic researcher has quit his job over concerns about the potential threat artificial intelligence poses to humanity. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent reports. Then, CNET AI reporter Katelyn Chedraoui joins to discuss.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/worried-anthropic-researchers-warn-that-ai-could-kill-all-humans",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:56:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Anthropic researchers warn out-of-control AI could destroy humans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researchers-warn-out-of-control-ai-could-destroy-humans",
        "published": "2026-09-09T15:02:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researchers-say-ai-could-cause-human-extinction-by-2030",
        "published": "2026-09-09T15:53:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could \"kill us all\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-with-a-warning-self-improving-ai-could",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:59:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Could kill us all’: Anthropic insiders say AI has more than 10% chance of ending humanity – soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/could-kill-us-all-anthropic-insiders-say-ai-has-more-than-10-chance",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:45:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Could kill us all’: Anthropic insiders say AI has more than 10% chance of ending humanity – soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/could-kill-us-all-anthropic-insiders-say-ai-has-more-than-10-chance-6469461",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:45:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New Stack",
        "title": "“It could kill us all”: what Anthropic’s own researchers really think about superintelligence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/it-could-kill-us-all-what-anthropics-own-researchers-really-think",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:51:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "What to make of alarming AI warnings from researchers tied to Anthropic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/what-to-make-of-alarming-ai-warnings-from-researchers-tied-to",
        "published": "2026-09-09T21:04:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC Business",
        "title": "AI researchers 'earnestly believe' it could kill all humans within the next decade, Anthropic researcher says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/ai-researchers-earnestly-believe-it-could-kill-all-humans-within-the",
        "published": "2026-09-10T01:05:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}