# Lawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030 > Source: > Published: 2026-09-10 00:19:36+00:00 # Lawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030 [The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology) Former [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become ‘superhuman systems’ that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have begun lashing out about the risks of the burgeoning technology. Ted Cruz, a republican senator from Texas, said in an [interview](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1712597293170453) on ABC’s The View, that AI poses a “catastrophic risk” and that he “read that whole tweet thread that that developer put out. It was highly concerning. [Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/lawmakers-blast-ai-human-extinct-2030) Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. ## Key Terms Explained [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) An AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei. [Artificial Intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) The science of creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence — reasoning, learning, perception, language understanding, and decision-making.