{"id":90216,"date":"2026-02-15T23:29:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/892658962\/_UMbAowo1CotaWvm"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:29:51","slug":"ai-safety-researcher-leaves-leading-tech-giant-with-foreboding-message-for-world-unfolding-in-this-very-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/ai-safety-researcher-leaves-leading-tech-giant-with-foreboding-message-for-world-unfolding-in-this-very-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"AI safety researcher leaves leading tech giant with foreboding message for world: &#8216;Unfolding in this very moment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"theco-ads-after-featured-image theco-target\" id=\"theco-4048689177\" data-theco-trackid=\"66778\" data-theco-trackbid=\"1\">\n var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<\/p>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3129904764840-0\">  googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.defineSlot( &#8216;\/22934660287\/article-page-image&#8217;, [300,250], &#8216;gpt-ad-3129904764840-0&#8217; ) .addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting( &#8216;tags&#8217;, [&#8216;green-tech&#8217;, &#8216;bad-ai-industry-news&#8217;, &#8216;bad-news&#8217;, &#8216;business&#8217;, &#8216;clean-energy&#8217;, &#8216;hacks&#8217;, &#8216;home&#8217;, &#8216;solar-panels&#8217;, &#8216;waste-less&#8217;, &#8216;news&#8217;] ).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true); window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers || {}; const timers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers; timers[&#8216;gpt-ad-3129904764840-0&#8217;] = setTimeout( function () { const id = &#8216;gpt-ad-3129904764840-0&#8217;; document.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( &#8216;aagam_empty_slot&#8217;, {detail: id} ) ); delete ( timers[id] ); }, 1000 ); if ( typeof window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener === &#8216;undefined&#8217; ) { googletag.pubads().addEventListener( &#8216;slotRequested&#8217;, function ( ev ) { const id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId(); if ( typeof timers[id] === &#8216;undefined&#8217; ) { return; } clearTimeout( timers[id] ); timers[id] = setTimeout( function () { document.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( &#8216;aagam_empty_slot&#8217;, {detail: id} ) ); delete ( timers[id] ); }, 2500 ); } ); googletag.pubads().addEventListener( &#8216;slotResponseReceived&#8217;, function ( ev ) { const id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId(); if ( typeof timers[id] !== &#8216;undefined&#8217; ) { clearTimeout( timers[id] ); delete ( timers[id] ); } if ( ! ev.slot.getResponseInformation() ) { document.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( &#8216;aagam_empty_slot&#8217;, {detail: id} ) ); } } ); window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener = true; } googletag.enableServices(); googletag.display( &#8216;gpt-ad-3129904764840-0&#8217; ); } );\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An AI safety researcher has left Anthropic, a leading tech company, and warned that &#8220;the world is in peril,&#8221; in the midst of rapid expansion for generative AI tools and large language models, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c62dlvdq3e3o\" target=\"_blank\">BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-happening\">What&#8217;s happening?<\/h3>\n<p>BBC News reported that Mrinank Sharma resigned from the U.S.-based firm and wrote in his public resignation that the world is in a bad place and experiencing a series of &#8220;interconnected&#8221; crises &#8220;unfolding in this very moment.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sharma led a team at Anthropic that researched AI safeguards and investigated issues including why gen AI systems overly appease users in the prompt responses, AI bioterrorism risks, and how AI systems can change human behavior. 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Even Geoffrey Hinton, known as the &#8220;Godfather of AI,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-business\/geoffrey-hinton-ai-unemployment-fortune\/\" target=\"_blank\">warned in an interview<\/a> with Fortune that AI could lead to significant job losses and could replace many routine roles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plus, AI systems also rely heavily on energy infrastructure. 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