Jacob Coxon, who reportedly worked on pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic, announced his resignation from Anthropic on X, accusing both companies of racing towards self-improving AI systems without enough caution. Coxon said advanced AI could pose serious risks and called for greater industry coordination, arguing that decisions about safety should not remain within company discussions.

Jacob Coxon, who reportedly spent three years working on pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic, announced his resignation from Anthropic on X, accusing both companies of recklessly racing toward self-improving superintelligence. He said both the companies are acting irresponsibly and are gambling with 'our lives'.

'Gambling with our lives', says this alleged AI researcher

Coxon opened his thread by stating that he resigned from Anthropic today over AI fears. He said neither company is behaving responsibly, arguing that both are charging toward self-improving systems while 'gambling with our lives'. He said the technology now approaching is not incremental -describing coming systems as capable of breaching virtually any security system and transforming entire industries overnight, with progress showing no sign of slowing.

Insiders privately fear catastrophe, he says