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September 11, 2026

Anthropic researchers' extinction warnings multiply as Musk dismisses them as 'psyop'

Also: OpenAI board member says company not on track to prevent 'catastrophic' loss of control‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Friday 11 September 2026

Transformative AI
Anthropic researchers' extinction warnings multiply as Musk dismisses them as 'psyop'
A wave of public warnings from Anthropic researchers about the existential dangers of artificial intelligence spread on 10 September, a day after Jacob Coxon, a former pretraining researcher at both Anthropic and OpenAI, announced his resignation with what the Guardian described as an apocalyptic declaration about the technology.

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