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  "id": 6511819,
  "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",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-10T01:05:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Business",
    "slug": "cbc-business",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/anthropic-researcher-resigned-9.7337789"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger estimates there's a more than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade. According to Hubinger, he personally thinks the risk is 10% within the next decade.\n\nHubinger's comments followed the resignation of colleague Jacob Coxon, who expressed concerns that AI companies are \"gambling with our lives\" in the AI development race. Coxon, who worked at both Anthropic and OpenAI, believes that the companies are not acting responsibly and are racing to build artificial intelligence systems capable of improving themselves without adequate safeguards.\n\nCoxon drew a distinction between the two companies, stating that at OpenAI, the civilizational stakes have not been \"deeply internalized,\" while at Anthropic, they are well understood, but the company is \"locked in a race to get there first.\" The resignations and comments have prompted calls for urgent government action.",
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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 News",
        "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-6515550",
        "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."
}