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What measures did ex-Anthropic staff suggest to avoid AI-led apocalypse?

short by Vaishnavi Mishra / on Saturday, 12 September, 2026
Researcher Joe Benton, who left Anthropic recently, warned that firms are racing to build machines "much smarter than any human", which humanity "may not survive". He suggested greater transparency from AI labs, disclosure of capability gains and progress towards recursive self-improvement, stricter reporting of safety incidents and assessments of safety rules to avoid AI-led existential threat.