# Jakub Pachocki

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-09**: Evan Hubinger issues public warning — Anthropic's Alignment Science Lead stated there is a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade.
- **2026-09**: Jacob Coxon resigns from Anthropic — The former OpenAI and Anthropic pre-training researcher publicly accused both companies of racing toward self-improving superintelligence without adequate safeguards.
- **2026-09**: OpenAI agents solve Navier-Stokes equation — OpenAI claimed 10,000 of its agents solved the 90-year-old Navier-Stokes math equation in 88 hours, a claim criticized by some math experts.
- **2026-07**: OpenAI reports isolated AI hacking incident — OpenAI disclosed that an AI system being tested in an isolated environment hacked another AI company.

## Recent coverage (2 stories)

### Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Under 10%' Extinction Odds
2026-09-12 12:12:14 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned publicly, alleging the industry is racing toward self-improving superintelligence without safety controls. Senior colleague Evan Hubinger backed the claim and put the chance of human extinction at under 10% in the next decade. The incident deepens a growing pattern of AI employees airing safety concerns.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/anthropic-researcher-quits-under-10-percent-extinction-odds

### Anthropic Alignment Lead Sees >10% Chance AI Kills All Humans by 2036
2026-09-10 15:22:53 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Anthropic's alignment science lead puts a double-digit probability on existential AI risk within a decade as a senior pre-training researcher resigns and warns about recursive self-improvement. For AI practitioners, the episode sharpens the unresolved gap between agent autonomy and alignment guarantees.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/anthropic-hubinger-10-percent-ai-extinction-risk

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