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Ex-Anthropic Whistleblower Suspects Chinese Spies Inside America’s AI Labs

October 6, 2026·1h 45m·7-min readinterviewtechnology
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Jacob Coxon, a former AI researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned in 2026 to sound the alarm that leading AI labs are recklessly racing toward superintelligence without adequate safety measures, risking global catastrophe. He argues that the technology is so powerful and destabilizing t

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Jacob Coxon

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Jacob CoxonPatrick Bet-DavidDario AmadeiSam AltmanNick Bostromby Nick BostromLeopold AshenbrunnerElon Musk

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Super Intelligence

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AnthropicOpenAI

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Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurityEthicsGeopoliticsLarge Language ModelsLeadershipMachine LearningStartups

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