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The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

Wednesday, September 9, 2026


Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, left the company and gave an interview to WIRED. Coxon discussed AI safety research and timelines for developing safe AI systems. Anthropic is an AI safety company founded in 2021 that develops large language models including Claude. The interview covered Coxon's work on AI alignment and his views on the urgency of AI safety research.

Original reporting: https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-researcher-quits-jacob-coxon-ai-fears-humanity/

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