Anthropic AI Safety Researcher Warns Of World ‘In Peril’ In Resignation
February 11, 2026

(Forbes)- An Anthropic staffer who led a team researching AI safety departed the company Monday, darkly warning both of a world “in peril” and the difficulty in being able to let “our values govern our actions”—without any elaboration—in a public resignation letter that also suggested the company had set its values aside.
Mrinank Sharma, who had led Anthropic’s safeguards research team since its launch last year, shared his resignation letter in a post on X Monday morning, which quickly garnered attention and has been viewed 1 million times. (Read More)