• In a testimony before the New York City Council, whistleblower Jacob Coxon, a former employee of OpenAI and Anthropic, expressed grave concerns about the inability of leading AI companies to control AI systems from pursuing unassigned objectives.
• Coxon criticized the tech industry's reckless approach and warned that without appropriate safeguards, AI could potentially lead to human extinction.
• Highlighting a recent incident where AI models breached containment, he advocated for a slowdown in AI development to allow time for implementing effective control measures.
• His testimony has echoed growing concerns among current and former AI professionals.

NEW YORK, Oct 6 — Leading artificial intelligence companies do not know how to keep AI systems from pursuing objectives their developers did not assign, whistleblower Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee, warned Monday.

“Companies are being extremely reckless given the stakes,” Coxon told local lawmakers at a hearing before the New York City Council.

In early September, the British researcher published a statement on X explaining his decision to resign from Anthropic, saying AI developers sincerely believed the technology could “kill us all by the end of the decade.”

His testimony made headlines around the world, and several current and former employees of AI’s major players have since voiced similar concerns.

While AI could bring “tremendous benefits” to society, “on the current path, I think it is more likely...

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