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

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.

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. Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.