Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old former researcher at both OpenAI and Anthropic, has publicly resigned and warned that leading AI labs are racing toward self-improving superintelligence without fully understanding the consequences. He claims this competition could produce superhuman AI as soon as 2027, and that those working on these systems believe the technology could lead to humanity’s destruction before the decade is out. Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s Alignment Science Lead, has also emphasized the seriousness of the situation, putting the chance of AI causing human extinction within the next ten years at greater than 10 percent. Coxon is scheduled to testify at a New York City Council hearing on AI safety on October 5, 2026, alongside leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta.
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