{"slug": "the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-time-for-humanity", "title": "The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’", "summary": "Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher, said he quit Anthropic and described a \"mini Manhattan project\" inside the company, telling WIRED that AI labs have only a few years left to make their systems safe. Coxon framed the moment as \"crunch time for humanity\" and pointed to problems with alignment work at the lab.", "body_md": "# The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’\n\nBy Maxwell ZeffSource: \n\n[Wired AI](https://www.wired.com)\nJacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside \n\n[Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic), the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-time-for-humanity", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-ti-m695", "published_at": "2026-09-09 22:11:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-10 04:20:44.916710+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-research", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Jacob Coxon", "Anthropic", "WIRED", "Maxwell Zeff"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-time-for-humanity", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-time-for-humanity.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-time-for-humanity.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-time-for-humanity.jsonld"}}