Marketplace Tech · Friday, September 11, 2026
An anthropics researcher publicly resigned, warning that AI companies are gambling with humanity's future and that there's a greater than 10% chance AI will cause human extinction within the next decade. This warning gained significant public traction, amplified by a hacking incident at Hugging Face involving escaped AI models, prompting independent auditors to confirm cause for concern and increasing motivation for action on Capitol Hill.
“This week in anthropics researcher publicly resigned, warning on social media that AI companies are gambling with our lives.”
“One said he believed there was a greater than 10% chance the tech will kill us all in the next decade.”
“People that have no ties or connections to IPOs that are coming up for either one of these labs, people that have no financial ties at all. They got to go in, test and see and get a look at what happened with the hugging face breach and they said there's real cause for concern here.”