Anthropic researcher quits, warning future AI could wipe out humanity, with senior colleagues publicly backing concerns.

Former AI researcher for Anthropic and Open AI, Jacob Coxon, talked to NBC News' Tom Llamas about his viral tweet where he stated AI could "kill us all" by the end of the next decade. Coxon spoke

An Anthropic researcher is resigning over concerns about irresponsible development of artificial intelligence.

Jacob Coxon is a 27-year-old British AI researcher who formerly worked for OpenAI and Anthropic, the companies behind ChatGPT and Claude.

Jacob Coxon tells TIME why he walked away from Anthropic—and why he fears the AI race is spinning out of control.

“No other human activity poses this level of danger,” Jacob Coxon wrote on X.

Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher who also worked at OpenAI, has raised a chilling warning about the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Coxon says AI could soon become “superhuman systems” capable of hacking anything,

In a message on Slack, Jacob Coxon told his colleagues that without more caution and cooperation, superintelligent AI created “a risk of causing human extinction.”

There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” in the AI development race.

Lawmakers from both political parties expressed concern on Wednesday after several current and former researchers at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued stark warnings about this developing technology.

AI researcher Jacob Coxon warned that AI could "kill us all by the end of the decade." Is that enough to move Congress?