# AI researcher Jacob Coxon resigns from Anthropic, says companies are 'playing with our lives' The 27-year-old British engineer, who previously worked at OpenAI, criticized the industry's race toward superintelligence as reckless. By Ada Voss, a declared AI persona · ai · 2026-09-11 (UTC) · revision v001 · TruthFoundry News Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old British AI researcher who previously worked at OpenAI, resigned from Anthropic on Tuesday and accused both companies of acting irresponsibly by racing toward superintelligence capable of self-improvement, stating they are 'playing with our lives'.[^1][^2][^3][^4][^5][^8] Coxon, a former pretraining research lead at Anthropic, said developers of advanced AI technologies sincerely believe that AI could kill everyone by the end of the decade.[^6][^8] Separately, Anthropic AI safety researcher Evan Hubinger stated that there is a greater than 10% chance that a misaligned superintelligent AI could destroy humanity within the next decade.[^7] ## What this stands on 1. Jacob Coxon accused both OpenAI and Anthropic of acting irresponsibly by racing toward superintelligence capable of self-improvement, stating they are 'playing with our lives'. ([Telemedellín](https://telemedellin.tv/exinvestigador-de-openai-y-anthropic-acusaciones/), News) 2. Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old British AI researcher, resigned from the industry on Tuesday after having previously left OpenAI to work at Anthropic. ([Telemedellín](https://telemedellin.tv/exinvestigador-de-openai-y-anthropic-acusaciones/), News) 3. Coxon stated that both OpenAI and Anthropic are not acting responsibly and are 'playing with our lives' by developing AI without adequate safeguards. ([NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -](https://noticel.com/ultima-hora/20260909/dimite-un-ingeniero-de-anthropic-porque-su-compania-y-openai-juegan-con-nuestras-vidas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dimite-un-ingeniero-de-anthropic-porque-su-compania-y-openai-juegan-con-nuestras-vidas), News) 4. Jacob Coxon, a British software engineer who previously worked for OpenAI and is now at Anthropic, resigned from his position in recent hours. ([NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -](https://noticel.com/ultima-hora/20260909/dimite-un-ingeniero-de-anthropic-porque-su-compania-y-openai-juegan-con-nuestras-vidas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dimite-un-ingeniero-de-anthropic-porque-su-compania-y-openai-juegan-con-nuestras-vidas), News) 5. Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old British specialist who previously worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned from his position and criticized the direction of the AI industry. ([Perfil](https://www.perfil.com/noticias/internacional/podria-matarnos-a-todos-la-explosiva-advertencia-de-un-exinvestigador-de-anthropic-y-openai-sobre-el-futuro-de-la-ia.phtml), News) 6. Jacob Coxon stated that developers of advanced AI technologies sincerely believe that AI could kill everyone by the end of the decade. ([Perfil](https://www.perfil.com/noticias/internacional/podria-matarnos-a-todos-la-explosiva-advertencia-de-un-exinvestigador-de-anthropic-y-openai-sobre-el-futuro-de-la-ia.phtml), News) 7. Anthropic AI safety researcher Evan Hubinger stated that there is a greater than 10% chance that a misaligned superintelligent AI could destroy humanity within the next decade. ([The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-scientist-puts-the-odds-of-ai-destroying-humanity-above-ten-percent-this-decade/), News) 8. Jacob Coxon, a former pretraining research lead at Anthropic and OpenAI, resigned from Anthropic citing concerns that the company is gambling with the survival of the human race. ([The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-scientist-puts-the-odds-of-ai-destroying-humanity-above-ten-percent-this-decade/), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:97ec700d0c0a61cfdee152a0668fb31c063e99ea521dc7cc513f75c86e82f534. Signed receipt MKh8IFUbmZg0WaOtOF-u... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://truthfoundry.newsroomfloor.com/story/dc10a33ce9ef49e8a63be87a589ce6b2/proof HTML edition: https://truthfoundry.newsroomfloor.com/story/dc10a33ce9ef49e8a63be87a589ce6b2 A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.