Hugging Face CEO says asking Anthropic researcher ‘about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change’

Business Insider | 11-09-2026 07:38pm |

Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue compared asking a former Anthropic researcher about AI extinction risk to asking an air conditioning technician about climate change. Delangue made the comment on X on Friday, referring to Jacob Coxon, whose resignation from Anthropic sparked debate about AI risks. Delangue suggested that Coxon lacks the requisite expertise to make such claims and called for a broader range of perspectives.

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