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AI's existential crisis explodes as AI companies plunge ahead anyway but urge a slowdown

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The resignation this week of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon over concerns that artificial intelligence labs are “gambling with our lives” lit up the long-smoldering argument about whether AI is heading in a direction hazardous to human life. Not only is he not alone at Anthropic whose alignment s…

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  1. 2026-09-11 14:00 · SiliconANGLE AI
    AI's existential crisis explodes as AI companies plunge ahead anyway but urge a slowdown

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