Ex‑OpenAI researcher warns AI could kill humans, Anthropic safety executive backs grim forecast
- ID
- 22743
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 09 Sep 2026, 8:28 PM
- Fetched
- 09 Sep 2026, 8:47 PM
- Provider
- Malay Mail Tech
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2026/09/09/exopenai-researcher-warns-ai-could-kill-humans-anthropic-safety-executive-backs-grim-forecast/234605
- Source URL
- https://www.malaymail.com/feed/rss/tech-gadgets
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 09 Sep 2026, 8:47 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- ai_ml_learnerssaas_founders
What happened
Former OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon, who moved to Anthropic and has now left the industry, warns that both OpenAI and Anthropic are irresponsibly racing toward self-improving superintelligence. Anthropic safety executive Evan Hubinger backed the concern, with both expressing fear that AI could threaten humanity within a decade. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on Washington to support a coordinated slowdown of the most advanced AI systems.
Why it matters
This is existential-risk commentary with no concrete technical or regulatory change builders must act on today. The only actionable thread is Amodei's call for Washington-coordinated slowdowns, which if pursued could eventually affect access to frontier models — but nothing here requires a current decision from developers or founders.
Discussion angle
Whether calls for a government-coordinated slowdown of frontier AI development would help or harm smaller builders and startups who rely on API access to frontier models — and whether this audience should care about superintelligence timelines versus near-term shipping concerns.