AI safety panic goes mainstream after Anthropic researcher's warnings land on CNN and Fox News

Jacob Coxon, a departing Anthropic researcher, warned on CNN that self-improving AI poses an existential threat to humanity. Safety researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI share his views, and US politicians and Joe Rogan have picked up the topic. But cultural and financial interests are also at play…

Jacob Coxon, a departing Anthropic researcher, warned on CNN that self-improving AI poses an existential threat to humanity. Safety researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI share his views, and US politicians and Joe Rogan have picked up the topic. But cultural and financial interests are also at play behind these warnings, and the extinction scenario remains an extreme and contested position. The article AI safety panic goes mainstream after Anthropic researcher's warnings land on CNN and Fox News appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published September 10, 2026 at 10:31 UTC — Category: Models