An Anthropic researcher sounds the alarm that AI has a not-insignificant chance of basically ending humanity.A researcher quit his job at Anthropic Tuesday, with a warning about the AI industry's rapid development.Gabby Jones / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileSept. 9, 2026, 6:04 PM EDTWelcome to the Inside Scoop newsletter. Artificial intelligence is everywhere right now, and seems to be at the root of a lot of concerns for the future. In fact, one AI researcher who left his job last night raised these concerns, specifically with the way developers are “gambling with our lives.”Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.