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TechCrunch AI September 11, 2026 By Theresa Loconsolo, Anthony Ha, Sean O'Kane, Kirsten Korosec negative

An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time

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An Anthropic researcher resigned this week, warning in a post on X that the company is “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives”. The company’s own alignment lead even co-signed the message rather than walking it back. It’s the kind of doomer warning the AI industry has flirted with before, but the timing, with Anthropic reportedly preparing for an IPO, makes it land differently.  On […]
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