# The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-ai-researcher-who-just-quit-anthropic-says-its-crunch-ti-m695>
> Published: 2026-09-09 22:11:55+00:00

# The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

By Maxwell ZeffSource: 

[Wired AI](https://www.wired.com)
Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside 

[Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic), the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.
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