The A.I. Researcher Whose Rebellion Is Changing Everything

In recent days, Jacob Coxon, a researcher at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, quit his job and posted warnings about the risks of the technology. That kicked off a crisis that culminated in a call by prominent leaders of the industry to slow down A.I. development. He spoke to “The Daily” about this moment. Guest: Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic. Background reading:  • Anthropic researchers have raised alarms (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/te...) over the acceleration of A.I. • Inside the snowballing conversations at A.I. companies (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/te...) about a doomsday. • Top A.I. leaders have called for slowing down A.I. development (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/te...) . Photo: Lucas Foglia for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-t...) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-acce.... For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.