More than 1 in 10 chance AI ‘could kill all humans,’ says Anthropic safety lead after colleague quits
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A senior Anthropic safety researcher has said there is more than a 10 percent chance artificial intelligence "could kill all humans" by the end of the decade, just hours after a colleague resigned over fears the AI lab and its rivals are carelessly racing to build "superhuman systems" they cannot control. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a <a href="https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843?s=20">post</a> on X announcing his departure, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who has trained AI systems at Anthropic, said he had quit the company over its lax approach to safety. Coxon, who previously trained systems for OpenAI, accused the two AI companies of "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives," even …</p>
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