Resigning Anthropic researcher claims industry insiders fear human extinction within a decade

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon accused leading AI companies including Anthropic and OpenAI of recklessly racing toward self-improving superintelligence, part of a public warning by three current and former Anthropic employees that artificial intelligence could cause human extinction within the next decade. OpenAI declined to comment and pointed to its published updates on safety protocols, monitoring, and alignment research, while Anthropic said its Claude chatbot is trained to follow strict safety principles and defer to human oversight. U.S. lawmakers are weighing measures ranging from mandatory kill switches to bans on superintelligence.