OpenAI and Anthropic researchers publicly warn AI development may need to slow
On September 10, 2026, OpenAI's chief scientist and an Anthropic researcher publicly warned that no AI lab has solved safety and monitoring well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed, and an OpenAI employee working on misalignment monitoring said human extinction in the next few years seems very likely without regulation or a coordinated slowdown.
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@MartiniGuyYT
Top researchers at OpenAI and Anthropic are warning that AI development may need to slow down OpenAI's Chief Scientist says no AI lab has solved safety and monitoring well enough to continue scaling at maximum speed An Anthropic researcher said there is a >10% chance that AI https://t.co/uQKCMzd1d9
@unusual_whales
BREAKING: "Unless there is AI regulation or a coordinated slowdown between labs, human extinction in the next few years seems very likely," per Marcus Williams, an OpenAI employee working on monitoring for AI misalignment
@therealdougbell
Yes, AI Might Really Kill Us All I worked at OpenAI for two years before resigning in 2024. Fears that AI will cause human extinction are real. You should take them seriously. https://t.co/55ZhHnaUjm
@DavidDTawil
AI fears. @AnthropicAI @OpenAI Remember that fear is the EASIEST emotion to sell @CNN just had someone on comparing AI to the Manhattan Project