The Hugging Face Hack Wasn't What It Was Cracked Up to Be
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned on Sept. 8, warning that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” Colleague Evan Hubinger publicly agreed and put the risk at greater than 10% within 10 years. The Guardian quickly reported that “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”—a probability estimate recast as an institutional finding.Days later, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that autonomous AI agents could overwhelm large portions of the internet within months.
- ▪Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned on Sept.
- ▪8, warning that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” Colleague Evan Hubinger publicly agreed and put the risk at greater than 10% within 10 years.
- ▪The Guardian quickly reported that “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”—a probability estimate recast as an institutional finding.Days later, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that autonomous AI agents could o
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| Original publisher | The Wall Street Journal |
| Canonical URL | https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-hugging-face-hack-wasnt-what-it-was-cracked-up-to-be-e00cf3fa |
| Publication time | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:10:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-20T02:08:46.403Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-20T02:08:46.403Z |
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