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The AI-related resignation heard around the internet An Anthropic researcher sounds the alarm that AI has a not insignificant chance of basically ending humanity. AI researchers 'earnestly believe' it could kill all humans within the next decade, Anthropic employee says Comment came after viral post claimed another Anthropic researcher had resigned over AI fears Hours after posts went viral from someone claiming to be a researcher at Anthropic who resigned over fears that the company is racing toward advanced AI models without stopping to consider the consequences, other Anthropic researchers are raising similar warning flags, sparking concerns among experts. (Patrick Sison/The Associated Press) Social Sharing There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” in the AI development race. The comments join a growing tide of warnings from industry experts that the pace of AI advancement is outstripping our ability to keep it in check, and that we aren’t prepared for the risks it could bring. Jacob Coxon, who claimed he was a former researcher at Anthropic, said in a thread on X that he had resigned from the role out of fears that AI companies are barrelling forward toward self-improvement models without considering the risks, or being honest with the public about them. "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," Coxon, who said he had previously worked at Anthropic and OpenAI within the past three years, wrote on Tuesday. “This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible — but I hear the same people express fear privately.” The posts had racked up more than 120 million views as of Wednesday evening. Evan Hubinger, alignment science lead at Anthropic, replied to Coxon’s thread to share his agreement. “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!” he wrote. “I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.” CBC News has reached out to Coxon, but has not been able to independently verify his identity. Other industry experts have since chimed in on social media to express that fears of the pace of AI development are common among many developers — sparking discussion among both observers skeptical of dire warnings focused on the future and those who have been tracking these risks. P 9, 2026 6:11 PM The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCHER Jacob Coxon sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and beyond on Tuesday by announcing his resignation from Anthropic and delivering a grave warning that the AI race is putting all of our lives at risk. In his post on X, which now has more than 100 million views, Coxon wrote that many of the people building AI share his views and believe time is running out to ensure AI systems are built safely. “The consensus is that the next year or two is crunch time for humanity,” Coxon, who worked on the pretraining stage of AI development, said in an interview with WIRED. “These are actually just literal quotes from my colleagues at Anthropic. They'll say things like ‘endgame’ or ‘crunch #somalitiktok #somalikenyan🇸🇴🇰🇪🔥👸 #somaliusa🇺🇸🇸🇴🇸🇴 #germany #hargeysa