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Former researcher warns of accelerating AI progress, calls for development pause

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A former researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, has raised concerns about the rapid and accelerating pace of AI development, particularly at Anthropic. Coxon cited a slide from Anthropic's IPO roadshow as evidence that their models, like Mythos, can be retrained with significantly less compute than previously required. He advocates for a pause in frontier model development to allow other entities to catch up and to democratize human-level AI. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the accelerating pace of AI development and advocates for a pause to allow for broader access to human-level AI.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a former researcher discussing AI development pace and calling for a pause.

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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    Anthropic can already retrain Mythos with "a fraction of the compute originally needed," says former researcher Coxon

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/claude_laser.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1376" /></p> <p> Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon points to a …

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