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Anthropic researcher quits over AI safety, CEOs call for slowdown

Jacob Coxon's departure from Anthropic over collision-course concerns sparks industry warnings, but Trump dismisses AI risks as a hoax.

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What to know

  • An Anthropic researcher quit over AI safety concerns, triggering top AI CEOs to call for development slowdown amid unregulated competition between US and China.
  • Trump dismissed safety warnings as a hoax and a plot benefiting China, rejecting guardrails and calling instead for strong presidential leadership.
  • Generative AI capability is doubling every four months, far faster than computer chips doubled every two years, narrowing the window for regulatory action.

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Anthropic researcher quits over AI safety, CEOs call for slowdown
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    Trump dismisses AI safety warnings as hoax and China plot

    Trump rejected the CEOs' concerns, characterizing statements about AI destroying or harming humanity as a hoax and calls for slowdown as a plot benefiting China. He denied the need for AI guardrails.

    “Statements to the effect that AI might destroy or massively harm humanity are a hoax and calls to slow down AI development are a plot that will benefit China.”
    — Donald Trump
  2. background

    Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI CEOs call for AI development slowdown — Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO) expressed the same safety concerns as Coxon and called for a slowdown in AI development. He was quickly backed by Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Elon Musk (xAI).

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    Jacob Coxon quits Anthropic over AI safety concerns

    A researcher at Anthropic resigned over concerns that AI development was on a collision course with humanity, citing risks from unregulated competition between technology companies and between the US and China.

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    first by Guardian Business, 5d ago · also Guardian US