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PublishedSeptember 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.
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