Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears

September 9, 2026

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(WSJ) – Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control

Jacob Coxon, a researcher who specializes in training new AI models by having them consume vast amounts of data, said Tuesday that he is leaving the company because he doesn’t want to participate in an industrywide rush to build AI systems that can improve themselves, worried such systems could spiral out of control and destroy humanity. (Read More)