At a Goldman Sachs-hosted investor conference in San Francisco, Silicon Valley executives were confronted with the fallout from the abrupt resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who warned that AI could destroy humanity and that developers were "gambling with our lives." Coxon's warning is part of a wider pattern of insiders at Anthropic and OpenAI raising safety alarms, but it has been met with growing scepticism from some executives and investors, who suggest such dramatic claims may serve to hype the technology's power rather than reflect genuine concern, particularly as both companies reportedly prepare for major stock market listings.

Grindr's chief executive, George Arison, told the BBC he found the comments "dangerous" and reflective of an "anti-civilisational worldview" at Anthropic, and said he had told engineers at his company to stop using its technology; Anthropic was valued at $965bn (£713bn) in its latest funding round. Nvidia's Jensen Huang reportedly dismissed the warnings as untrue at the same event, having previously called suggestions that AI could end humanity "complete nonsense," while critics have accused Anthropic of fearmongering to encourage regulation that could entrench its market position alongside OpenAI. Separately, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei published an essay calling for slower AI development and global regulation, describing the risks as "serious."