Anthropic said it detected unauthorized efforts by China-based AI labs including Alibaba and Moonshot AI to use its Claude models to help improve their own AI systems.

The development of AI "doesn't look that different from say, 'Terminator,' or from science fiction films," Jacob Coxon said.

“AI developers believe their technology could cause human extinction,” one wrote in a social media post.

There is growing concern globally about the capability of AI, following numerous cyberattacks and security incidents in recent months by rogue models

Prominent AI researcher Andrew Tulloch is leaving Meta for Anthropic. He's also worked at OpenAI and cofounded Thinking Machines Lab.

Anthropic said Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence (AI) models, and warned that governments and state-aligned actors are increasingly using AI to spy on ethnic minorities and dissidents.

A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in recent months as competition in the space has intensified.

Jacob Coxon left Anthropic just four months after joining and two months before his company equity was due to vest.