Anthropic Employees Express Concerns Over AI Risk of Human Extinction
An Anthropic researcher, Evan Hubinger, stated that there is a more than 10% chance this decade that artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction. He also admitted the company lacks a clear plan for aligning superintelligent systems with human values. This comes as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirmed AWS's deepening commitment to Anthropic through multi-gigawatt, long-term contracts involving Trainium chips. Amazon’s investment in Anthropic has already generated significant financial returns, including a $53.4 billion one-time gain in Q2 FY2026 that boosted GAAP earnings per share (EPS) above expectations. AWS is experiencing strong growth due to AI and cloud computing demand, with revenue up 37% year-over-year on an annualized run rate of $169 billion. Jassy also revealed Amazon is developing its own frontier AI model in response to the competitive landscape shaped by Anthropic and OpenAI.
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