Don't be fooled by this summer of AI hype
The gist
Anthropic engineer Jacob Coxon quit, saying AI firms are "gambling with our lives."
The debate matters because experts say the real risk is negligence, not rogue AI.
How it unfolded
- Apr 2026Anthropic claimed its model Claude Mythos is better at finding software vulnerabilities than most security experts.
- recentlyThe OpenAI–Hugging Face hacking incident occurred; Anthropic and Meta later disclosed similar incidents involving their models.
- recentlyAnthropic claimed a model made a mathematical breakthrough; OpenAI soon claimed one of its own.