Journalist; author of "Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us"; bylines at The New York Times, Nature, and BBC.
Case
OpenAI cites information-handling violations in firing three safety researchers. Their individual accounts and joint letter dispute those reasons and warn that the dismissals could weaken outside scrutiny of AI risks.
Case
After leaving Anthropic, Jacob Coxon said Anthropic and OpenAI were irresponsibly racing toward self-improving superintelligence, while praising Anthropic’s current practices. Responses dispute catastrophic-risk forecasts, working inside AI labs, and whether governments should pause or regulate development.
Role at the time: Journalist and author
Statement summary
Lovely criticizes the limited explanation for the dismissals and predicts a chilling effect on staff.
“Without providing more of an explanation, the firings will clearly have a chilling effect on staff.”
The conduct under scrutiny is the firings and their handling. Lovely criticizes the lack of explanation and the consequences for employees.
Role at the time: Journalist; author of "Obsolete"
Statement summary
Journalist Garrison Lovely called Anthropic's "build it and control it" approach to AI safety "incredibly naive."
“incredibly naive”
Lovely directly condemns Anthropic's 'build it and control it' safety approach as 'incredibly naive,' a substantive rejection of the company's stated strategy for safely advancing toward recursive self-improvement.
Statement dates: September 15, 2026 to October 7, 2026
Statement dates: October 7, 2026
