A former Anthropic researcher’s public resignation has been followed by warnings from other AI researchers and executives, raising fresh questions about whether the industry is moving faster than its ability to keep the technology safe.
The warnings about artificial intelligence are no longer coming only from critics. Now they’re coming from the very people building the technology.
The latest voice is Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, one of the leading companies in the global AI race. On Saturday, Amodei called for the industry to slow the pace at which it develops increasingly powerful AI models, arguing that safety research needs time to catch up with the technology’s rapid advancement.
His comments came just days after Jacob Coxon, a researcher who previously worked at OpenAI and most recently at Anthropic, publicly resigned from the company and the AI industry.
Coxon announced his resignation on X, saying he could no longer participate in what he described as a race toward self-improving artificial intelligence without adequate safeguards. His post quickly went viral, drawing tens of millions of views and sparking a broader conversation about what researchers inside AI companies actually believe about the technology they are developing.
Coxon was not the only researcher to raise the alarm.
Evan Hubinger, an Anthropic researcher who works in AI alignment, publicly backed Coxon’s concerns. Hubinger said he believed there was a greater than 10% chance AI could cause human...
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