Evan Hubinger, a safety researcher at Anthropic, stated there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, following the resignation of another researcher who expressed concerns about the lack of safeguards in AI development.

US · 2026-09-09

1. Step 1 · The triggera senior Anthropic safety researcher publicly warns of a >10% chance of AI-driven human extinction and another resigns over safety concerns
2. Step 2 · Knock-onpublic and regulatory scrutiny of Anthropic and other frontier AI labs intensifies, raising the likelihood of new compliance requirements and oversight
3. Step 3 · Reaches youcompliance costs and operational constraints increase for Anthropic and competitors, slowing product deployment and raising uncertainty for downstream US SMEs using their AI models

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Source: CNBC

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