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‘China already has spies’ at US AI labs, claims ex-Anthropic researcher

Daniel Coxon said China could steal advances from leading U.S. AI labs, while Anthropic said it has no evidence for the spying claim.

Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon said he was 90 per cent certain that China already had spies inside both US artificial intelligence (AI) companies, without providing evidence. Coxon made the allegation in an interview with entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David on the PBD Podcast, arguing that China could steal advances from leading US AI labs and quickly close any technological gap. “Right now, if we just stopped, they would try and …

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Jacob Coxon says this is why pacing the frontier might not work

Coxon said in an interview that he was "almost certain" Chinese spies had infiltrated US AI labs, making it difficult to keep AI advances from China.

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China already has spies at the largest artificial intelligence companies in the U.S., accused a former researcher at Anthropic and Open AI, according to South Morning China Post. The statement raises concerns in...

Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher, claims that there are Chinese spies within OpenAI and Anthropic. While he has not presented any public evidence, he is sounding the alarm about the leakage of AI technology, cyberattacks, and the military use of autonomous systems.

The race for AI has money, data centers and impressive competition, but Jacob Coxon, a former investigator who has worked in the two largest companies on the planet has just added an ingredient that was missing to finish warming up the issue: alleged Chinese spies inside OpenAI and Anthropic. The former investigator claims to be The entry “China already has spies in OpenAI and Anthropic”: a former investigator from both companies claims to be 90…

A former leading researcher from Anthropic and OpenAI claims that the Chinese threat is already in the walls of American AI champions to pierce the secrets and pass them on to China.

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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