Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits

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Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits

Published Wed, Sep 9 2026

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Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits

Published Wed, Sep 9 2026

3:06 AM EDT

Updated 45 Min Ago

Arjun Kharpal

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Anthropic safety researcher Evan Hubinger said there is a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade.

Another Anthropic researcher said he has resigned, accusing leading AI labs of racing toward superintelligence without adequate safeguards.

The warnings add to growing concerns over AI safety, including whether advanced systems could become difficult for humans to control.

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There is more than a 10% chance that artificial intelligence could "kill all humans," an Anthropic safety researcher said on Tuesday, hours after another employee said he was quitting the company over concerns that AI labs are "gambling with our lives."

The comments underscore growing concerns among those at the heart of AI development that the technology could get out of control and pose a threat to humanity, even as Anthropic and OpenAI continue to raise large sums of money and head

toward expected public listings

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Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, said on Tuesday he resigned from the company. Coxon said neither Anthropic nor OpenAI is acting responsibly.

"They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives," Coxon said in a post on

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Self-improvement is the idea that AI systems can improve themselves without much human intervention. Recursive self-improvement, as it is often called, is not yet possible, but AI labs are working toward the goal.

"Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field o

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