Gambling with our lives: AI researcher quits Anthropic with warning about safety
An AI researcher has resigned from Anthropic, warning that the company and OpenAI are racing toward potentially dangerous superintelligence. The researcher and other industry insiders expressed concerns that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity within the decade.
Why it matters
This highlights growing internal dissent and existential anxiety within the world's leading AI labs regarding the safety and trajectory of their technology.
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” staffer says in resignation post after leaving the tech giant.
Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn Free article usually reserved for subscribers Both OpenAI and Anthropic have recently flagged incidents in which agents powered by their models went rogue. | Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images September 9, 2026 9:44 am CET By Pieter Haeck An artificial intelligence researcher who worked at Anthropic — and previously OpenAI — has resigned, saying both tech giants are "gambling with our lives."
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