Anthropic Execs Admit They Lack Plan for Superintelligence as $2T IPO Looms

Anthropic Alignment Science lead Evan Hubinger publicly agreed with a former colleague that AI poses an existential threat, estimating a greater than 10% chance of human extinction within the next decade. Hubinger explicitly stated the company does not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and is not clearly on track to do so. The admissions follow the resignation of 27-year-old researcher Jacob Coxon, who left to avoid participating in an industry-wide rush toward self-improving AI that colleagues describe as "crunchtime" and "endgame." The company is simultaneously preparing for an IPO later this month that reports suggest could target a valuation of up to $2 trillion, up from its last private market check of $1.25 trillion. "Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!" — Evan Hubinger