Former Anthropic researcher Coxon to testify at New York City AI hearing, Bloomberg News reports

Oct 4 (Reuters) - ⁠Former Anthropic researcher Jacob ⁠Coxon will testify at a ‌New York City hearing on artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on ​Sunday, citing people familiar ⁠with the ⁠matter.

Coxon will appear at the request ⁠of ‌New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, ⁠who has urged AI whistleblowers ​to ‌testify as city lawmakers weigh ⁠a ​package of bills aimed at establishing safeguards around the technology, ⁠the report said.

Coxon quit ​Anthropic last month, issuing warnings that the "people building AI earnestly ⁠believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade" andaccusing ​his former employerand ⁠OpenAI of "gambling with our lives."

Reuters ​could not ‌immediately verify the report.

(Reporting ​by Harishankar Manoj in BengaluruEditing by Nick Zieminski)