Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon who quit AI role over fears of racing into extinction says people are 'begging' for regulation

Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic researcher who resigned over fears that the race toward powerful AI could be dangerous, told Fox News he believes regulation could help avoid catastrophic outcomes within a decade. He posted his resignation on X Tuesday, saying companies aren’t acting responsibly and that pursuing self-improving superintelligence is “gambling with our lives.” Coxon said he spent the past three years on pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic. He agreed with Anthropic alignment science lead Evan Hubinger that the immediate risk from today’s models is low, but that recursive self-improvement could accelerate faster than expected, possibly within the next year. Coxon called for international cooperation to prevent an arms race and said people are “begging” for regulation. The article notes he referenced public comments by technology leaders.