The Latest Breaking News from Jacob Coxon

AI Doom Is Misguided, Not a Psyop

The pro-AI side must avoid succumbing to paranoia and bad faith.

Reason · Sep 11

Digested week: Prince George’s hair has such brio as he starts at Eton

Plus, AI doom-mongering, a drag Ann Droid and how your toilet flush can give you norovirus

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

Trump dismisses fears over AI as Ted Cruz says he’d prefer ‘US killer robots’ to Chinese ones

President Donald Trump rejects anxiety over potential existential threat posed by artificial intelligence but warns against allowing China to take the lead in developing it

The Independent UK · Sep 11

Keep humans as pets? Amid Anthropic researcher’s ‘AI will kill humans’ warning, how AI could take over the world without wiping us out

AI researchers express concerns about potential human extinction and enfeeblement. These fears stem from loss-of-control scenarios and deliberate human misuse of AI. Highly intelligent AI agents might pursue their own goals, disregarding human well-being. Misaligned AI could view humans as obstacles to achieving their objectives. Catastrophic scenarios also include societal…

The Economic Times · Sep 11

Anthropic says it stopped AI misuse for cyberattacks, propaganda and bioweapons

The AI company revealed new cases of its models being used for cyberattacks, propaganda campaigns and dangerous biological research, days after a researcher resigned over safety concerns.

Euronews · Sep 11

Anthropic says AI could bring both 15% growth and mass unemployment by 2030

Anthropic has published an economic model projecting how AI might reshape the US economy by 2030, and its three scenarios range from barely perceptible to a boom with no historical precedent, including one in which GDP grows 15% a year while nearly a fifth of office workers are out of…

Euronews · Sep 11

‘This looks exciting!’ AI whistleblower Jacob Coxon backs new coalition after warning people building AI fear it could kill humanity

AI researchers are organizing to address existential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. Jacob Coxon, a former researcher, has backed this new coalition of concerned AI staff. This group aims to use internal leverage to influence company decisions on AI development. Many AI developers privately fear human extinction from superintelligence within…

The Economic Times · Sep 11

‘We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans’: if AI labs are so worried about AI doom, why don’t they stop?

Earlier this week, researcher Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic, saying the firm and its competitors are “gambling with our lives”. “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans,” added current Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger in a post on X.

The Conversation · Sep 11

AI-assisted bioweapon research blocked

The report comes days after an Anthropic researcher resigned, alleging irresponsible AI development

Salon · Sep 11

Sam Altman pitched AI to run utility company security amid warnings about robot takeover

Cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm about vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure from weaponized AI

The Independent UK · Sep 10