The Anthropic researcher whose resignation made waves last month says he was ‘working to automate’ himself0

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• October 6, 2026

Automated AI research is on the horizon, a former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher said, warning it could leave humans totally unable to control what comes next. Jacob Coxon, the 27-year-old who publicly resigned from Anthropic last month after working as a capabilities researcher, made the comments before New York City lawmakers on Monday as he