Former Anthropic safety team member Joe Benton has left the company, warning that AI firms are racing towards systems far smarter than humans without sufficient safety investment. He called for greater transparency, incident reporting, minimum safety standards and independent evaluations to address what he described as potential “extinction-level risks”.
September 12, 2026: Joe Benton, a former member of Anthropic’s safety team, has left the company, warning that artificial intelligence firms are racing to build systems “much smarter than any human” while not investing enough in safety.
Benton said he left Anthropic two weeks ago and now plans to work from outside the company to raise public awareness about the risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems.
Explaining his decision, Benton warned that humanity “may not survive” the development of machines far more intelligent than humans. He said he wants to help keep the public informed about such risks and help the world navigate the transition to more advanced AI responsibly.
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