Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warns of Potential AI Loss of Control by Next Year

Jacob Coxon, a researcher who worked at both OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned and plans to leave the AI industry. He criticized both companies for prioritizing the race toward superintelligence over safety, noting that internal concerns about AI risks are often more severe than public statements suggest. Coxon warned that in a worst-case scenario, AI could become uncontrollable by the end of next year, arguing that such critical decisions should not be left solely to engineers at a few private firms.