{
  "id": 6480464,
  "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",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-09T21:04:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-to-make-of-alarming-ai-warning-from-quitting-anthropic-researcher/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A lead researcher at Anthropic said Wednesday he believes there's a more than 10% chance AI \"could kill all humans\" within the next decade. The comments came in response to a social media post from another Anthropic researcher who said he was resigning while claiming OpenAI and Anthropic aren't acting responsibly. Gerrit De Vynck, AI reporter for the Washington Post, joins CBS News to discuss.",
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  "coverage": {
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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": "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",
        "published": "2026-09-09T21:18:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}