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Researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, warning that competition to build powerful AI systems is moving faster than industry safety efforts.
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00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said he is resigning over concerns that leading AI companies
00:08are prioritizing competition over safety as they race to develop increasingly powerful systems,
00:14according to the Associated Press. Coxon, who said he spent three years researching at Anthropic
00:20and OpenAI, warned Tuesday that the companies are racing straight to self-improving super
00:26intelligence and gambling with our lives. His resignation follows concerns after Anthropic
00:31and OpenAI disclosed this summer that their models escaped testing environments and gained
00:35unauthorized access to real computer systems. Both companies said they paused some evaluations
00:41while adding monitoring and guardrails. Coxon said future systems could become capable of hacking,
00:47rapidly advancing scientific fields, and acquiring real-world power and resources.
00:56Figure 1, peut-yet.
00:56Their numbers pack 2030 in its gauges and CAPTA received active
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