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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030

9 September 2026 at 16:53

One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity

Artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, according to three researchers with the industry giant Anthropic, one of whom has quit his job in protest.

The latest doom-laden predictions came in posts on social media on Tuesday by a researcher who said he resigned because Anthropic and his previous employer, OpenAI, were ignoring or at best mishandling their response to the threat.

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Β© Photograph: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Elon Musk says he got β€˜carried away’ with Trump – but still holds on to contentious political views

23 July 2026 at 16:27

In interview, billionaire says instead of running β€˜Doge’ he should’ve β€˜worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions

Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump and his brief appointment as the president’s financial axman, running the so-called β€œdepartment of government efficiency” (Doge).

The world’s richest person, and briefly its first trillionaire after his SpaceX company floated on the New York stock exchange in June, made the confession in a wide-ranging interview with the Economist published on Thursday. He shared his positions on subjects from foreign wars to AI, and made a number of eye-opening predictions for the future.

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Β© Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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