AI scientist quits Anthropic over risk to humanity

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Sep 9, 202630:59News & Politics

A top safety researcher at Anthropic has warned that AI might be able to improve itself to the point where it poses an existential threat to humanity. Another former employee says that no other human activity poses this...

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