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Lawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030
Publisher description: Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become ‘superhuman systems’ that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade
The Guardian | Sep 10, 2026 | Dara Kerr
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Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have begun lashing out about the risks of the burgeoning technology. Ted Cruz, a republican senator from Texas, said in an interview on ABC’s The View, that AI posed a “catastrophic risk” and that he “read that whole tweet thread that that developer put out. One said: “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! ”Both Cruz and Sanders have been working on legislation that would put guardrails on AI, and echoed this sentiment on Wednesday.
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