New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Jacob Coxon, who said he spent three years conducting research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, resigned from Anthropic earlier this week, noting that leading AI companies are moving too quickly to build powerful systems without adequate safety measures.

Coxon said in a series of posts that both Anthropic and OpenAI are prioritising the race for advanced AI over safety. He noted two companies were "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives."

He also warned that some people working on AI believe the technology could pose a serious threat to humanity by the end of the decade.

"Do not underestimate the power of this technology," he wrote. "These will soon be superhuman systems that...