{"id":360578,"date":"2026-09-13T11:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/former-anthropic-openai-employee-sounds-alarm-over-ai-development-pace"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:26:19","slug":"former-anthropic-openai-employee-sounds-alarm-over-ai-development-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/former-anthropic-openai-employee-sounds-alarm-over-ai-development-pace","title":{"rendered":"Former Anthropic, OpenAI worker sounds alarm over AI growth tempo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Jacob Coxon, a former safety researcher for Anthropic and OpenAI, applauded Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei\u2019s calls for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cI think it&#8217;s great. It&#8217;s very exciting,\u201d Coxon &#8212; who resigned from Anthropic last week over AI safety concerns &#8212; told \u201cThis Week\u201d anchor George Stephanopoulos Sunday. \u201cI think this is a substantial step towards what I was talking about, needing some sort of slowdown between the people building the different AIs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur Rnci \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/6f1009e1-95ac-4170-a205-06f54565bca1\/jacob_coxon_abc_cw_20260913_1789314117570_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/6f1009e1-95ac-4170-a205-06f54565bca1\/jacob_coxon_abc_cw_20260913_1789314117570_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/6f1009e1-95ac-4170-a205-06f54565bca1\/jacob_coxon_abc_cw_20260913_1789314117570_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/6f1009e1-95ac-4170-a205-06f54565bca1\/jacob_coxon_abc_cw_20260913_1789314117570_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ANTHROPIC\" alt=\"ANTHROPIC\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/6f1009e1-95ac-4170-a205-06f54565bca1\/jacob_coxon_abc_cw_20260913_1789314117570_hpMain_16x9.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">George Stephanopoulos interviews former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon on \u201cThis Week.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">ABC News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a stunning letter on Saturday titled <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/darioamodei.com\/post\/we-must-pace-the-frontier\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe Must Pace the Frontier,\u201d<\/a> Amodei called for a slowdown in the pace at which artificial intelligence companies develop the revolutionary technology, writing &#8220;I believe we owe it to humanity to try.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Coxon made waves last week when he resigned from Anthropic, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hilbertspaess\/status\/2097476196791709843\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\">posting on X<\/a> that neither Anthropic nor OpenAI &#8220;is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He also highlighted the fear within the industry about the potential for an AI takeover: \u201cThe people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,\u201d Coxon wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Coxon told Stephanopoulos the way in which his post took off shocked him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cI wasn&#8217;t actually hoping for any big response, really. It was exceptionally surprising to see the level of engagement &#8230; and I think it was really indicative of the moment being ripe for this sort of chat,&#8221; Coxon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Coxon also spoke to whether there was a growing sentiment in the companies at which he worked that AI technology was becoming more difficult to control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">\u201cThere&#8217;s not enough time to be constantly thinking about the risks, but definitely, I&#8217;ve noticed that in recent months, it comes up more and more often,&#8221; Coxon said. &#8220;So no matter where you are in the company, probably around a couple of times a week, I guess, there&#8217;ll be some sort of conversation around the big risks of the technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/former-anthropic-openai-employee-sounds-alarm-ai-development\/story?id=136401554\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Coxon, a former safety researcher for Anthropic and OpenAI, applauded Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei\u2019s calls for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development. \u201cI think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12465,338,35557,71,434,12464,12467,6881,35825,428,9335],"class_list":["post-360578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anthropic","tag-application-software","tag-articles","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-ceo","tag-dario-amodei","tag-enterprise-software","tag-george-stephanopoulos","tag-jacob-coxon","tag-openai","tag-researcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360580,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360578\/revisions\/360580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}