The A.I. Researcher Whose Rebellion Is Changing Everything

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<p>In recent days, Jacob Coxon, a researcher at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, quit his job and posted warnings about the risks of the technology. That kicked off a crisis that culminated in a call by prominent leaders of the industry to slow down A.I. development.</p><p>He spoke to “The Daily” about this moment.</p><p>Guest: Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic.</p><p>Background reading:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Anthropic researchers <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/technology/anthropic-researchers-raise-alarm.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">have raised alarms</a> over the acceleration of A.I.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/technology/doomsday-discussions-ai-companies.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inside the snowballing conversations at A.I. companies</a> about a doomsday.</li><li>Top A.I. leaders have called for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/technology/anthropic-dario-amodei-ai-slowdown.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">slowing down A.I. development</a>.</li></ul><p>Photo: Lucas Foglia for The New York Times</p> <p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>