“We're on track for a lot of the most aggressive of these scenarios where by the end of next year things could be out of control already.”
Said Sep 8, 2026Deadline Dec 31, 2027Wall Street Journal interview on his resignation from Anthropic, as reported by Deadline, September 9, 2026
Coxon resigned from Anthropic on September 8, 2026, warning that recursive self-improvement could put AI development beyond human control by the end of 2027; the outcome cannot be judged until then.