Elon Musk responds to Anthropic researcher’s AI safety resignation; says ‘he did …’
Jacob Coxon, who said he had worked at both OpenAI and Anthropic, announced his resignation on X on September 9. Because of his previous work at OpenAI and his short time at Anthropic, coxon’s comments have drawn attention.
He said both companies were “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. In the post, Jacob Coxon said he spent three years doing pretraining research at OpenAI before moving to Anthropic. In his resignation post, he said he had worked at both companies and believed neither was acting responsibly on AI safety. “I resigned from Anthropic today,” Coxon wrote. Coxon previously worked on pretraining research at OpenAI, including work connected to GPT-4o, according to the information shared in the report.
Elon Musk has responded to a social media post about an Anthropic researcher who resigned after raising concerns about AI safety. Coxon’s post led to questions about his connection to Anthropic, with one X user asking: “Anyone from Anthropic, can you please confirm this is your guy??? “I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. He added: “They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.