Anthropic researchers warn AI could cause human extinction within a decade

Silicon Valley Escalates Warnings About Existential Risks of AI

For years, some of the leading figures in Silicon Valley have warned that artificial intelligence might pose an existential threat to humanity even as they pushed to develop the technology. This week, the high-profile resignation of an Anthropic researcher brought that conversation to the mainstream.Jacob Coxon, a rank-and-file staffer, quit his job and accused both his former employers — Anthropic and OpenAI — of “gambling with our lives” by “racing toward super-intelligent AI.” Coxon said the

By Shirin Ghaffary

We have started losing control of AI. It’s time to shut it down | Garrison Lovely

What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.” As someone who’s reported on AI risk for years, this wasn’t news to me. But the outpouring of alarm suggests a much wider public is proper...

By Garrison Lovely

Former Anthropic researcher outlines threat of AI going rogue

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at the AI company Anthropic who resigned in protest over the dangers of AI.

By Jeffrey Pierre

Former Anthropic researcher warns AI could ‘kill us all’ - CNN

Former Anthropic researcher warns AI could ‘kill us all’  CNN

'AI could kill all humans': AI researcher quits Anthropic

An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement. Anthropic safety executive Evan Hubinger backed up Coxon on X. "We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!" he said, adding that he estimated that risk at more than 10 percent over the next decade.

By FRANCE24

Researchers fear there's a chance AI could kill us all. Here's how experts say that might play out.

Evan Hubinger, who leads Anthropic's alignment stress-testing team, said AI has a greater-than-10% chance of killing all humans within a decade. Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images An Anthropic staffer's dire warning about an AI-driven apocalypse has sparked fierce debate. Senior AI researchers told Business Insider how it could happen, but were split on its likelihood. Scenarios included AI manufacturing deadly viruses, attacking infrastructure, or accelerating global...

Creators of AI superintelligence warn it ‘could kill us all’ within a decade

High-ranking officials from OpenAI, Anthropic and other industry players are worried about the rapid acceleration of AI agents learning to teach themselves

By Kenn Oliver

Anthropic Employees Say ‘AI Could Kill All Humans!’ Put Odds Above 10% This Decade

Ex-Anthropic researcher warns AI could 'kill us all by end of decade'

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has resigned and warned that AI could “kill us all by the end of the decade” as companies race toward self-improving superintelligence. Coxon says current AI models pose limited extinction risk, but rapid advances could soon enable recursive self-improvement, raising urgent concerns over AI safety, regulation and global coordination.

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More US lawmakers seek new AI rules after Anthropic researchers warn of human extinction

Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern artificial intelligence (AI) systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future. Alarm about the potential harm from AI grew this week when Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said he had resigned, and that the “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decad...

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A researcher quit Anthropic and his warning is reigniting AI fears

The researcher’s comment on social media has tens of millions of views

By Washington Post

Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' - Graphic Online

Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'  Graphic Online