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After Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon resigned over fears that its product could destroy humanity itself earlier this month, the company's alignment science lead, Evan Hubinger, publicly agreed that his product has a 10 percent chance of causing human extinction in the next decade.
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Anthropic's alignment science lead, Evan Hubinger, publicly stated that the company's AI product has a 10 percent chance of causing human extinction in the next decade.
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Evan Hubinger
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{
    "person": "Evan Hubinger",
    "statistic": "10 percent chance of causing human extinction",
    "timeframe": "in the next decade",
    "organization": "Anthropic"
}
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Artificial Intelligence Risk Assessment Corporate
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Created
September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM (2 weeks ago)
Last Updated
September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM (2 weeks ago)

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