# Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI

**Published:** September 9, 2026
**Author:** Rebecca Bellan
**Source:** TechCrunch — AI
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/gambling-with-our-lives-anthropic-researcher-quits-warns-against-self-im

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.

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**Tags:** #Google DeepMind #OpenAI #Anthropic #Hugging Face

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