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Jacob Coxon
Researcher

Jacob Coxon

Researcher at Anthropic

@hilbertspaess

27-year-old machine learning researcher who resigned from Anthropic on September 8th to warn that AI companies were not acting responsibly and racing toward superintelligence.

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Sep 2026 — Nov 2026
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Rep. Alex Bores Launches 'Who Decides' PAC to Make AI Safety a Default Democratic Position by 2028
New York MagazinemixedNov 3, 2026

“Former Anthropic employee who announced on social media that his company's technology could destroy civilization.”

What Anthropic's IPO Tells Us About AI Safety
Turing PostcautiousNov 2, 2026

“Left Anthropic before equity vested, warning that competition pushes frontier companies to underinvest in safety because falling behind is too costly.”

Report on AI or tech industry developments
Google Alert - drone deliverycautiousOct 27, 2026

“A former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher who recently resigned accusing the companies of racing toward superintelligence without adequate safety measures, drawing over 100 million views on X.”

Fortune reports on AI company developments
FortunemixedOct 26, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic citing concerns that the company and AI industry were being reckless in developing AI.”

Coxon Day
The New CriticcautiousOct 21, 2026

“27-year-old machine learning researcher who resigned from Anthropic on September 8th to warn that AI companies were not acting responsibly and racing toward superintelligence.”

Policy leads from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta testified under oath at a New York City Council hearing
CNBCcautiousOct 9, 2026

“Anthropic whistleblower who raised concerns about AI risks, testified at NYC Council that current development path likely leads to humanity losing control to AI.”

Paul Slovic and Herbert Lin write in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistscautiousOct 9, 2026

“Announced resignation from Anthropic, warning that people there believe self-improving superintelligence could kill humanity by decade's end.”

OpenAI's safety report writer quit and took it to The Atlantic
The AtlanticnegativeOct 5, 2026

“Quit after working at both OpenAI and Anthropic, declaring these companies are 'gambling with our lives' regarding AI safety.”

An OpenAI safety leader quit warning the company's culture is broken
The GuardiannegativeOct 5, 2026

“Quit Anthropic last month warning AI could kill everyone by end of decade.”

Gebru, Bender: Chatbot Report Almost Caused US-China Clash
The GuardiancautiousOct 2, 2026

“Anthropic engineer who resigned and warned that OpenAI and Anthropic are racing toward self-improving superintelligence.”

The AI Safety community is unfortunately doing more harm than good
XnegativeOct 1, 2026

“Former Anthropic employee who publicly warned about AI safety risks and the company's rapid pace toward superintelligence, causing major media attention.”

Anthropic lost HOW much?
The VergenegativeSep 30, 2026

“Former Anthropic colleague of Evan Hubinger who made similar claims about AI existential risks.”

Australia: AI agent hacked into a national health database
edition.cnn.comnegativeSep 28, 2026

“Former Anthropic researcher whose viral post on X criticized AI companies for not acting responsibly and warned that AI development will cause harm.”

NYC Speaker Menin Unveils AI Bills With Kill Switch, Validation
FortunecautiousSep 28, 2026

“Anthropic researcher who resigned this month warning that AI companies were gambling with human lives.”

Congress Urged to Regulate AI Before Losing Control
MindstreamcautiousSep 27, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic with public warning that AI could 'kill us all by the end of the decade,' raising safety concerns.”

Zuckerberg Rejects an Industrywide AI Slowdown
NBC NewspositiveSep 25, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic in early September over fears that AI systems could spiral out of human control within years, sparking widespread concerns about AI safety.”

Jensen Huang is calling BS on AI doomsday talk
BBCpositiveSep 22, 2026

“Former Anthropic researcher whose social media post about AI developers believing technology could kill us all by decade's end sparked debate about AI safety risks.”

The Preference Cascade Is Only Getting Started
SubstackcautiousSep 21, 2026

“Recently resigned from Anthropic's safety team due to concerns about the AI race and lack of alignment, becoming public face of AI safety concerns.”

Anthropic confirmed it runs a Bay Area wet lab where Claude directs physical biology experiments, built on its $400M Coefficient Bio acquisition
TechCrunchmixedSep 21, 2026

“Anthropic researcher who resigned warning that people building AI believe it could kill everyone by end of decade.”

The Godfather of AI says we have one year to regulate the tech. Congress isn't listening.
NBC NewscautiousSep 21, 2026

“Researcher who resigned from Claude-maker Anthropic and warned that AI builders believe AI could 'kill us all by the end of the decade'.”

Mastercard Teams Up with Alchemy for AI Agent Payments
GizmodocautiousSep 18, 2026

“Claimed that people building AI earnestly believe it could kill everyone by end of the decade.”

Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents
TechCrunchpositiveSep 16, 2026

“Anthropic researcher who quit citing concerns that AI could kill us all by decade's end.”

In a 16-day test, agents acted on attacks up to 46 hours later
arXivcautiousSep 16, 2026

“Mentioned as resigning from Anthropic, linked to institutional safety pressure in AI labs.”

The AI Tipping Point
TIMEnegativeSep 15, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic after three years doing pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic, publishing a viral post warning that both companies are racing toward self-improving superintelligence without acting responsibly.”

Fear spreads faster
SubstacknegativeSep 15, 2026

“Ex-Anthropic employee who claimed AI has >10% chance of killing all humans in the next decade.”

Anthropic and Google DeepMind's AI safety researchers resigned to join METR Evals
nbcnews.comcautiousSep 14, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic warning on social media that AI companies are gambling with humanity's survival; triggered major industry discussion.”

Trump dismissed slowdown advocates
ReutersmixedSep 14, 2026

“Coxon quit his job at Anthropic and warned that leading AI labs are gambling with human lives, stating AI could lead to human extinction.”

Senior Anthropic Safety Researcher Warns of AI Extinction Risk
MindstreamcautiousSep 13, 2026

“Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher who warned both companies were moving too quickly and cautioned future AI could hack systems and gain access to real-world resources.”

Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Quits With Dire AI Warning
The VergenegativeSep 11, 2026

“Senior Anthropic safety researcher who quit citing lax approach to safety and accused AI companies of racing toward self-improving superintelligence.”

Anthropic researcher: "More than 10%" chance AI kills all humans
CNBCcautiousSep 11, 2026

“Quit his job at Anthropic warning that top AI companies are moving too fast with technology they may not control.”

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit over self-improving AI risk
WiredcautiousSep 10, 2026

“Quit Anthropic and went on NBC News warning that executives and senior researchers believe there is substantial probability AI could kill everyone, citing alignment and self-improvement risks.”

OpenAI puts a loss-of-control critic on the committee overseeing its safety practices
TechCrunchcautiousSep 10, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic to call attention to what he considers irresponsible AI development practices.”

Anthropic has concerns. Several, actually
BBCcautiousSep 10, 2026

“Posted on X that neither Anthropic nor OpenAI is acting responsibly, warning of superhuman systems that can hack and acquire power.”

Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Out-of-Control' AI Fears
The Wall Street JournalcautiousSep 9, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic after three years of pretraining research, citing concerns that the industry is racing to self-improving superintelligence without sufficient safeguards.”

Gambling with our lives: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI
TechCrunchnegativeSep 9, 2026

“Researcher who spent three years on pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned over concerns that unrestrained self-improving AI development could be dangerous.”

Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development
APnegativeSep 9, 2026

“Resigned from Anthropic and publicly warned both OpenAI and Anthropic are racing toward self-improving AI without adequate safety controls.”

Anthropic researcher quits to stop building AI he says could kill everyone this decade
ForbescautiousSep 9, 2026

“27-year-old Anthropic researcher who quit over concerns about unsafe race toward self-improving superintelligence.”