(Straight Arrow News) – Tech panic has hit a new high-water mark, following a series of intense viral posts on X by an AI researcher. 

Jacob Coxon, who previously worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, claimed last week that the industry must slow down or potentially risk the extinction of humanity. 

The posts went viral, launching terrified headlines across the internet. But while the public discourse flew largely in one direction, experts told Straight Arrow that evidence that AI could wipe out humanity doesn’t really exist. (Read More)