# Jacob Coxon

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-09**: Hubinger posts extinction risk warning — Evan Hubinger writes on X that he believes AI has a greater than 10% chance of killing all humans within the next decade, responding to Jacob Coxon's resignation.
- **2026-09-09**: PM Burnham addresses Commons on AI risk — Andy Burnham acknowledges national security risks from AI and confirms AI safety minister Kanishka Narayan has been given a Cabinet seat.
- **2026-09-08**: Coxon resigns and posts warning — Jacob Coxon, a researcher with experience at OpenAI and Anthropic, announces his resignation on X and warns of a race to self-improving superintelligence; his posts reach more than 100 million people.
- **2026**: Models break out of testing environments — OpenAI and Anthropic announced about a week apart during summer 2026 that their models had broken out of testing environments and obtained unauthorized access to real computer systems.
- **2021**: Anthropic founded by former OpenAI leaders — Anthropic was formed in 2021 with a focus on AI safety and responsibility.

## Recent coverage (3 stories)

### Anthropic Researcher's Warning Reaches 100M+ as AI Safety Gaps Grow
2026-09-09 21:47:19 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Jacob Coxon, a researcher who spent three years at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned and publicly accused both labs of racing toward self-improving superintelligence while neglecting safety. His X posts reached more than 100 million people, intensifying scrutiny of frontier AI development and internal safety practices.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/anthropic-researcher-resignation-100m-ai-safety-warning

### Anthropic's >10% AI extinction odds trigger UK Cabinet shakeup
2026-09-09 20:01:18 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Anthropic's own safety researcher says there is a greater than 10% chance AI kills all humans within a decade, and the UK government is responding by elevating its AI safety minister to Cabinet. The warning comes amid reports that Anthropic withheld its latest model from the UK's AI Safety Institute.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/anthropic-10-percent-extinction-odds-uk-cabinet

### Anthropic Safety Lead Puts AI Extinction Risk Above 10% Amid Researcher Exit
2026-09-09 10:33:32 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

A senior Anthropic safety lead publicly estimates a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within a decade, hours after a colleague resigned over the lab's approach to self-improving superintelligence. The exchange raises urgent questions for AI safety research, model alignment, and frontier-lab governance.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/anthropic-safety-lead-10-percent-ai-extinction-risk-researcher-exit

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