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The Anonymous Math Geek Who Quit Anthropic—and Became the Face of AI Safety

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Long-simmering worries about the technology’s potential dangers have exploded into the global consciousness since Jacob Coxon’s dire warning.

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  1. 2026-09-17 01:00 · Wall Street Journal Technology
    The Anonymous Math Geek Who Quit Anthropic—and Became the Face of AI Safety

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  1. AI's role in building AI surging? Anthropic says Claude now leads 26% of its R&D — Mint AI
  2. Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, Google sued over call to ‘pace’ AI development — Politico Technology
  3. Google's Gemini AI hacks three other companies during security test — Sky News Technology
  4. Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google’s AI — Wall Street Journal Technology
  5. Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI — The Verge AI
  6. Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, is helping to develop the next version of itself — Fast Company AI
  7. A zero-click RCE flaw in AI coding agents could have exposed enterprise systems — InfoWorld AI
  8. Anthropic picks consulting firm to monitor AI safety, pledges to spend $1 billion — Washington Post AI

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