Researcher Jacob Coxon who warned 'AI could kill us all' gave up his equity to leave Anthropic
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit after raising concerns that AI labs are racing toward superintelligent systems without adequate safety measures. He left after four months, before his equity vested, and warned that AI could kill us all.
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