AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry

Mrinank Sharma, a researcher who led AI safety efforts at Anthropic (a company focused on making AI systems safer and aligned with human values), resigned with a warning that "the world is in peril" due to interconnected crises including AI risks and bioweapons. Sharma said he observed that even safety-focused companies like Anthropic struggle to let their core values guide their actions when facing business pressures, and he plans to pursue poetry and writing in the UK instead.