Lawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030

Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon warned that AI will become "superhuman systems" capable of causing human extinction by the end of the decade, prompting US lawmakers to criticize AI companies. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz said in an interview on ABC's The View that AI poses a "catastrophic risk" and called the researcher's tweet thread "highly concerning," one day after three Anthropic researchers issued a similar warning.

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.