Anthropic researcher quits, warns AI 'will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything'

Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic researcher who previously worked at OpenAI, resigned this week saying that AI developers are 'gambling with our lives' by building systems he believes could destroy humanity. His resignation prompted a current Anthropic team lead, Evan Hubinger, to post publicly that he personally believes there is more than a 10 per cent chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade. The latest departures are part of a pattern of high-profile resignations from both Anthropic and OpenAI over safety concerns, even as both companies are reportedly preparing for potentially record-setting IPOs.