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 (Madison Mills/Axios)
AI researcher Jacob Coxon reportedly quit Anthropic after four months, just two months shy of his equity vesting. Coxon cited concerns about AI safety as his reason for leaving the company. He still retains equity from his previous employer, OpenAI. This information was reported by Madison Mills for Axios.
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Madison Mills / Axios:
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 — Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job due to concerns about the safety of AI two months before his equity would have vested, he told Axios.