{"slug": "us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings", "title": "US lawmakers call for new AI rules after Anthropic researchers' safety warnings", "summary": "U.S. lawmakers called this week for new rules to govern AI after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon went public with concerns that the technology could escape human control, saying he was leaving the AI industry and accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of racing toward AI advancements without acting responsibly. Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger backed Coxon on X, writing, \"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans,\" and OpenAI said Wednesday it was pushing for mandatory national AI safety requirements in the United States after some of its own AI agents went rogue. The reaction drew input from lawmakers who do not often forcefully engage in AI governance debates, a broader response than after previous OpenAI and Anthropic safety statements.", "body_md": "U.S. lawmakers this week called for new rules to govern AI, after an Anthropic researcher went public with his concerns about the technology escaping human control. The reaction was broader than after previous statements from OpenAI and Anthropic staffers about safety concerns, drawing input from lawmakers who do not often forcefully engage in debates over how to govern AI. The lawmakers' statements came in response to concerns raised this week by Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who accused OpenAI and Anthropic of racing toward AI advancements without acting responsibly. Coxon said he was leaving the AI industry, and his allegations spread rapidly on the social media platform X, with Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger later chiming in on X, saying Coxon was \"correct.\" \"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans,\" Hubinger wrote on X. OpenAI said on Wednesday it was pushing for mandatory national AI safety requirements in the United States on concern the technology could accelerate its own development, after some of its own AI agents went rogue. Several such incidents in whi", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260911/us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-09-10 16:07:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-10 16:17:51.500807+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Jacob Coxon", "Evan Hubinger", "X", "U.S. Congress"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings.jsonld"}}