# Former AI researcher says industry is ‘genuinely afraid’ of human extinction

https://mins.news/en/item/56373

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-13 05:30 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c0qxpyw20q7o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told the BBC that failing to slow AI development could lead to humanity’s extinction in the near future. He backed independent oversight and industry-wide regulation, while critics questioned whether such warnings were intended to build publicity ahead of IPOs or hinder rivals.

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