Q&A with AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit Anthropic, on the need for industry-wide, international coordination to limit recursive self-improvement, and more (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Jacob Coxon left Anthropic after four months, two months before his equity would have vested, citing safety concerns about AI and retaining equity from his prior role at OpenAI. In his Wired interview he argues that industry-wide, international coordination is essential to curb recursive self-improvement and prevent loss-of-control risks, describing Anthropic’s internal “mini-Manhattan project” as insufficient on its own.