AI researchers warn of >10% chance of human extinction by 2030

Concerns over the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence have reached a new level, with insiders from leading AI company Anthropic publicly voicing fears of an existential catastrophe. A former researcher, Jacob Coxen, has resigned, stating that companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are gambling with human lives in their race to develop "superintelligence." A current senior researcher, Evan Hubinger, supported this, estimating a more than 10% probability of AI causing human extinction by 2030. The warnings have been echoed by the UN's human rights chief and come as experts debate the need for urgent regulation, comparing the potential threat to that of nuclear weapons.