Jacob Coxon
Pretraining-Forscher, der drei Jahre bei OpenAI und dann bei Anthropic arbeitete und am 9. September 2026 öffentlich kündigte, mit der Begründung, keines der beiden Unternehmen handle verantwortungsvoll und die aggressivsten Szenarien könnten bis Ende 2027 außer Kontrolle geraten.
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- 2023 – 2026Pretraining researcher, OpenAIThree years of pretraining research across OpenAI and Anthropic, by his own account; left OpenAI earlier in 2026.Quelle →
- 2026 – 9. Sept. 2026Pretraining researcher, AnthropicResigned publicly, saying neither Anthropic nor OpenAI is acting responsibly.Quelle →
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9. Sept. 2026 · Interview · The Wall Street Journal
We're on track for a lot of the most aggressive of these scenarios where by the end of next year things could be out of control already.
Pretraining researcher, Anthropic zu jener Zeit
The Journal's interview is paywalled; the sentence is reproduced identically by Futurism, Business Standard and Yahoo News.
9. Sept. 2026 · Beitrag · X
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.
Pretraining researcher, Anthropic zu jener Zeit
From the same thread, as quoted by NBC Los Angeles.
Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI →
9. Sept. 2026 · Beitrag · X
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.
Pretraining researcher, Anthropic zu jener Zeit
The first post of his resignation thread, as quoted by NBC Los Angeles; the thread is at x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843.
Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI →