Anthropic whistleblower resigns over AI-safety concerns, forgoes unvested equity
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A researcher at Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, quit citing AI safety concerns, leaving before any equity would vest and saying he has no incentive to inflate Anthropic's valuation; he warns that industry pressure to race ahead could lead to safety shortcuts, underscoring existential risk concerns around frontier AI.
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