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An AI safety researcher at Anthropic resigned and alleged both OpenAI and Anthropic are recklessly developing systems without adequate safeguards. The former employee called the approach dangerous.
An AI safety researcher at Anthropic resigned and alleged that both Anthropic and OpenAI are developing AI systems without adequate safeguards. The researcher specifically called the approach dangerous and reckless. This is a formal resignation with public criticism attached—not a quiet departure or an anonymous complaint.
When someone inside a company goes public with safety concerns, it usually means internal channels didn't work. The researcher had access to decision-makers at one of the leading AI companies and chose to resign and go public instead, which suggests they believed the concerns were serious enough that staying quiet wasn't an option. Both Anthropic and OpenAI are major players shaping where AI development goes, so allegations that both are cutting corners on safety matters.
This adds to an emerging pattern of AI researchers saying companies are moving too fast and skipping safeguards. It's one thing when external critics say that. It's different when people who've worked inside these companies say the same thing and then leave. That signals the concerns come from people who saw the actual trade-offs being made, not outsiders guessing about what happens behind closed doors.
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