AI Safety Researcher Releases Cryptic Warning about Global Crises
Mrinank Sharma, an Oxford-educated researcher who headed the Safeguards Research Team at Anthropic—the company behind the Claude chatbot—published his resignation letter on X on Monday. In the post, he described experiencing a growing personal reckoning with what he called “our situation.”
Sharma wrote that the world faces serious threats not limited to artificial intelligence, but also including bioweapons and other overlapping global challenges.
His departure comes at a sensitive time for the San Francisco–based AI company. Anthropic is accelerating development of increasingly advanced AI systems while some of its leadership has publicly warned about the potential risks such technologies could pose to humanity.
The resignation also follows reports of tensions between Anthropic and the US Department of Defense regarding the military’s interest in using AI for autonomous weapons targeting, allegedly without certain safeguards the company has advocated.
Sharma’s statement appeared to allude to internal strain over safety priorities, particularly as Anthropic recently released Opus 4.6, a more advanced version of its Claude system. In his message, he reflected on the difficulty of consistently aligning actions with stated values, noting pressures within himself, the organization, and broader society.
The Safeguards Research Team, which Sharma led, was created slightly more than a year ago. Its mission included addressing AI-related security risks such as misuse, alignment failures, bioterrorism concerns, and broader catastrophic threats.
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