# Anthropic official claims there is a 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within a decade > Source: > Published: 2026-09-09 14:19:22+00:00 # Anthropic official claims there is a 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within a decade Three current or former Anthropic employees have raised concerns about AI spiraling out of control - Bookmark Current and former employees of [Anthropic](/news/uk/politics/anthropic-andy-burnham-ed-davey-prime-minister-commons-b3047294.html), an American [AI](/arts-entertainment/music/news/muse-band-meta-ai-tool-handle-b3047291.html) company founded by former OpenAI leaders, [say they believe](/tech/anthropic-openai-ai-threat-jacob-coxon-b3047033.html) AI could potentially kill all humans within the next 10 years. “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to,” Anthropic alignment-science lead Evan Hubinger wrote Tuesday night on X. His comments came after Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from the company and took to X to detail his departure. “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” Coxon stated. “This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger.” His comments come as AI becomes an increasingly [routine part of daily life](/tech/ai-health-advice-chatgpt-gallup-poll-b2958353.html) for [millions of Americans](/news/world/americas/artificial-intelligence-ai-workplace-gallup-b2907705.html), while concerns over its potential risks grow. Industry leaders have warned that increasingly powerful AI systems could eventually become difficult or [impossible to control](/tech/ai-jobs-microsoft-mustafa-suleyman-automation-copilot-chatgpt-b2891475.html). Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Anthropic scalable-oversight lead Samuel Marks [also responded](https://x.com/saprmarks/status/2097570226804011302) to Coxon’s post, claiming that he was “[Writing this in a personal capacity, not on behalf of my employer (Anthropic).” "AI developers believe their technology could cause human extinction (or similarly bad outcomes). This could happen in the next few years. In general, the more senior the employee, the more concerned they are,” Marks wrote. *The Independent* has contacted Anthropic for comment. [OpenAI](/topic/openai), a separate but leading AI company, declined to comment on Coxon’s post when contacted by *The Independent*. However, a spokesperson pointed to several updates the company has published in recent weeks outlining its efforts to improve AI safety and alignment. *This story is being updated* ## Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies [Comments](#comments-area)