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WSJ profiles Jacob Coxon, ex-Anthropic researcher whose warning triggered global reaction

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The Wall Street Journal published a profile of Jacob Coxon, a British researcher who resigned from Anthropic after a series of security escalations. The profile discusses how his dire warning about AI dangers sparked an explosive global response, which Coxon says surprised him.

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    A profile of Jacob Coxon, the British researcher who quit Anthropic after a series of security escalations and says the explosive response surprised him (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal : A profile of Jacob Coxon, the British researcher who quit Anthropic after a series of security escalations and says the explosive response surprised him — Long-simmering worries about the technology's potential dangers have exploded into global consciousness since Jacob Coxon's dire warning

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