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Researcher Jacob Coxon said he quit Anthropic over fears the AI race is uncontrollable, Automattic put Matt Mullenweg on leave after a board dispute, Apple unveiled a health app with "Health Age" scoring, and Apple Watch gained new listening tools. AI researcher Jacob Coxon says he quit Anthropic after four months, two months before his equity would have vested; he still has equity in prior employer OpenAI (Axios) Business Insider reports Coxon says neither OpenAI nor Anthropic is acting responsibly, and Anthropic alignment lead Evan Hubinger agrees, estimating AI could kill everyone within…
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