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Anthropic pretraining researcher resigns, says both major AI labs race irresponsibly toward superintelligence
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Jacob Coxon, who spent three years doing pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned from Anthropic and publicly stated that neither company is acting responsibly and both are racing toward self-improving superintelligence.
A researcher with direct experience inside both major AI labs is making specific claims about internal culture and risk awareness. His assertion that senior researchers and executives privately express fear about existential risk from AI, even as they continue building, adds a data point to the debate about lab safety culture, though it remains one individual's account.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after three years of pretraining research split between OpenAI and Anthropic
He claims Anthropic understands the civilizational stakes but races anyway because it believes no one else will act responsibly
He calls for coordination between labs and possibly a temporary ban on improving model capabilities
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