What Anthropic Doomsayer Jacob Coxon Saw

The Information | 10-09-2026 03:32pm |

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon publicly quit his job over concerns that AI could kill us all, and another Anthropic AI safety specialist estimated the probability of such a catastrophe at greater than 10%. In an interview, Coxon said some Anthropic employees hold even higher estimates, with some exceeding 50%. He noted that Anthropic has a more transparent internal culture than OpenAI, where he previously worked. Coxon, who focused on early-stage AI model training, left the company due to gradually increasing concerns.

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