{
  "id": 6542851,
  "title": "'AI could kill us all': Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits with warning about powerful AI models",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/ai-could-kill-us-all-anthropic-researcher-jacob-coxon-quits-with",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-10T04:29:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/09/10/ai-danger-anthropic-jacob-coxon/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jacob Coxon, an artificial intelligence researcher, resigned from Anthropic after expressing concerns about the companies' reckless approach to developing potentially dangerous self-improving superintelligence. In a series of messages on X, Coxon warned that the companies were pursuing \"self-improving\" AI models that could become too powerful for humans to control, potentially leading to our demise by the end of the decade. Neither Anthropic nor OpenAI responded to requests for comment. The resignation marks the latest of several warnings from within the industry about the rapid evolution of AI and the growing threat it poses to national security and the global economy.",
  "summary": "An artificial intelligence researcher resigned from Anthropic over concerns the company and OpenAI are acting irresponsibly in their all-out pursuit of a technology that poses existential risks to humanity. Jacob Coxon, who said he had worked at both companies over the past three years, warned in a social media post late Tuesday that the two companies were pressing ahead with “self-improving” AI…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Anthropic worker quits over AI firms ‘gambling with our lives’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/anthropic-worker-quits-over-ai-firms-gambling-with-our-lives",
        "published": "2026-09-10T00:47:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher who quit over AI safety walked away before his stock vested",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/anthropic-researcher-who-quit-over-ai-safety-walked-away-before-his",
        "published": "2026-09-10T03:49:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "'AI could kill us all': Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits with warning about powerful AI models",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/ai-could-kill-us-all-anthropic-researcher-jacob-coxon-quits-with-6543990",
        "published": "2026-09-10T04:29:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Anthropic researcher quits, says AI could kill all humans by end of decade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/anthropic-researcher-quits-says-ai-could-kill-all-humans-by-end-of",
        "published": "2026-09-10T10:14:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Post",
        "title": "Anthropic worker quits over AI firms ‘gambling with our lives’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/anthropic-worker-quits-over-ai-firms-gambling-with-our-lives-6596157",
        "published": "2026-09-10T14:10:45.000Z"
      }
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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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