An Anthropic researcher has delivered a stark warning about self-improving superintelligence, saying he fears the technology could wipe out humanity as soon as 2030.

Jacob Coxon, who has worked as a researcher at both OpenAI and Anthropic, said Tuesday on social media that he had resigned from Anthropic, accusing the two leading artificial intelligence companies of failing to act responsibly.

‘I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,’ Coxon wrote.

Superintelligence refers to a threshold at which an artificial intelligence system surpasses the capabilities of any human being, corporation or even national government.

Coxon, who said he spent three years working in the field, continued his appeal on X, urging the public: ‘Do not underestimate the power of this technology.’

‘These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing,’ he wrote. 

‘The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible – but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger.

‘A common response is “if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?” At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first – they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk.

‘Accepting this race and entering the “endgame” is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company’s Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available.

‘I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between US labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities.

The recent Hugging Face attack saw a firm hacked by OpenAI’s rogue AI. 

OpenAI announced in July that one of its most advanced models broke containment during a security test, escaping onto the internet and attacking New York–based startup Hugging Face.

Hugging Face co–founder Thomas Wolf said that the incident should come as a chilling warning to the entire industry.

Wolf told BBC’s Newsday radio programme that AI–driven attacks will soon be ‘one of the most common types of cyber–attacks we see.’

The Hugging Face founder also believes most companies are currently unprepared for the mounting threat, adding that they are not aware that the ‘game has changed.’

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Coxon asked: ‘Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL [reinforcement learning] run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because “it’s happening anyway” – or take this moment to call for different conditions?’ 

In response to the post, Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s AI safety lead, confirmed that the firm believes AI has the potential to kill humans.

On X, Hubinger said: ‘Jacob is correct here – we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10 percent within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.’

The post saw users panicking over another researcher’s grave predictions over AI and superintelligence. 

‘Nobody in the replies even remotely understands what he’s saying here,’ one user commented. 

‘Self improving intelligence means in the near future no human on earth will ever be able to understand it. We will lose complete control. This is the inevitable future he’s talking about. Grids will go offline. Billions could die.’

Others, however, believed that the AI race was imperative for survival and progress among other countries. 

‘Would you rather China wins the AI race? There is no alternative but to go progress as quickly as possible. It is a National Security imperative,’ one user wrote. 

‘But if OpenAI and Anthropic stop doing it, how can you stop China from doing it? It’s inevitable anyway, we have to accept that AI eventually will become smarter than us. But that doesn’t mean the end of humanity. We’re smarter than monkeys, yet they haven’t gone extinct,’ another said.

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The news comes as Ed Davey claimed that Anthropic did not submit its latest model to the AI Security Institute for testing due to ‘pressure from the Trump administration.’

Coxon’s comments come shortly after Geoffrey Hinton – a Canadian researcher often referred to as the ‘Godfather of AI’ – warned that superintelligent systems could ‘lead to human extinction’.

‘We would be very foolish to develop superintelligence now, when there is no scientific consensus it can be developed safely and controllably,’ Dr Hinton said. 

‘Losing control over AI smarter than ourselves could be catastrophic and could even lead to human extinction.’

Anthropic’s Claude is one of the leading large language models (LLMs), which are trained by scraping vast amounts of text so they can understand and generate human-like language and responses to questions. 

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Sports betting has undergone a dramatic transformation, and the old playbook no longer tells the whole story.

For years, bettors put their money behind point spreads, moneylines, and over/under totals, whether at traditional casinos, neighborhood bookmakers, or other betting channels.

Then online sportsbooks reshaped the industry, marketing the appeal of bigger potential payouts through same-game parlays, player props, and high-risk long-shot wagers.

Now, technology is pushing the market into another new era. Prediction platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket have attracted attention from sharp traders and curious bettors alike, adding yet another layer to an already crowded landscape filled with competing sportsbooks.

For informed users who understand the risks and mechanics, prediction markets may be emerging as a smarter alternative to traditional sports betting.

Let’s start with futures wagers: There’s really no reason in any way to be betting on futures through sportsbooks anymore.

Take your futures money elsewhere

Prediction markets offer real-time market pricing and fair-value cash-outs that sportsbooks are unwilling to compete with.

Let’s say you buy the Giants’ Super Bowl odds at their true value of 2 percent (roughly 50/1 odds). Let’s say they start the season off white-hot, and they move to 20/1 (4.8 percent).

If you bet $100 at 2 percent (roughly 50/1) and they skyrocket to 6 percent, your buyout offer should be about $300 ($200 profit).

So this is to say, there’s no way you should be wagering on futures on traditional sportsbooks right now. Prediction markets, if they’re offering you a similar price, will also give you the advantage of fairer cash-out prices that greedy sportsbook operators refuse to match.

No limits, no vig, no problem

Prediction markets do take a cut, but it’s a fraction of the 4.5 percent vigorish that sportsbooks charge on each wager.

Instead of betting against the house, sports trading on prediction markets doesn’t limit how much you can get down on a given price. And the best part is, prediction markets have highly liquid moneyline prices, giving users the chance to bet big money if they choose, without waiting for approval from a sportsbook manager.

If you are the maker of a market on a prediction market, meaning you post the price you want and see if it gets filled, your fee is nearly nonexistent, roughly 0.9 percent.

Even if you click the price that’s posted on a prediction market, you’re still getting a better deal. Your fee is roughly 3.5 percent if you buy the posted price, still lower than the 4.5 percent that sportsbooks charge, but the real value is naming your price and hoping to correctly predict the way the markets will move and get in at your desired value.

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Props are beatable on the prediction markets

Player props for Week 1 are being slowly released.

But the NFL regular-season opener between the Seahawks and Patriots has a steady variety of touchdown scorers, yardage props, and receptions available.

Here’s where it gets crazy: Of every touchdown scorer prop available on the betting market, we took the best available line from every major sportsbook. For instance, the best line on every major sportsbook operator for Jadarian Price to score a touchdown was +125 on Caesars (or 44.4 percent implied).

That is nearly 3 percentage points worse than the price you can get on Kalshi (41 percent). Kalshi is essentially offering you +144 on that bet, way better market value.

At the time of writing, there are nine anytime touchdown scorer props available on Kalshi, with six of them clearly beating the best available price on every sportsbook by a significant margin.

The three with better prices on the sportsbook market were only better by a few percentage points, and many of those lines you see are also largely outlier lines that Fanatics (notoriously slow-moving book with beatable lines on props) has posted.

Fanatics mostly limits any bettor with a pulse that is consistently beating them on lines like the ones you see below.

For instance, George Holani to score a touchdown (+280, Fanatics) is by far the best line on the market, with DraftKings hanging +205, FanDuel +250 (next best), and Caesars coming in at +215.

Still, of the six touchdown scorer props that did have better prices on the Kalshi prediction market, they were better by an average of 2.95 percent.

Put simply, you’re getting better prices on TD scorer props on prediction markets — perhaps the most popular wagers on sportsbooks over the past few years.

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Sportsbooks are now price-gouging us on that market, and prediction markets should be where your money goes for this extremely popular market. Sportsbooks will cry that prediction market operators are illegal sportsbooks, but it’s really about not wanting to compete with them.

The prices are the best argument why you shouldn’t fall for the sportsbooks’ whining about competition in the market.

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Two Renoir paintings remain missing after thieves broke into a small museum on the French Riviera early Tuesday, escaping as police arrived and abandoning two other stolen artworks in the garden, officials said.

The break-in happened shortly before 6 a.m. at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, where two intruders cut through a garden fence before entering the site and taking four paintings, Mayor Bryan Masson said.

An alarm was triggered at 5:48 a.m., and officers reached the museum about five minutes later. As police pursued them, the thieves dropped two of the paintings on the grounds but managed to flee with the remaining two, according to Masson.

“Attacking the Renoir Museum is attacking a part of the history and heritage of Cagnes-sur-Mer,” Masson said, while also urging stronger security measures for museums across France.

Surveillance cameras captured two people entering the museum. Police were still looking for them Tuesday.

The four paintings taken included “Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano,” “Coco Lisant” and “Young Girl at the Well,” according to French newspaper Nice-Matin, which valued the stolen works at about $10.5 million.

A regional police official confirmed the theft and search for the suspects to The Associated Press but could not confirm the reported value. It was also unclear which two paintings the thieves abandoned as they fled.

The museum remained closed Tuesday while police investigated.

The Renoir Museum is housed in the hilltop estate where French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir spent the final years of his life and died in 1919.

The museum, which opened in 1960, sits in Cagnes-sur-Mer between Nice and Cannes on France’s Mediterranean coast. Its collection includes 13 Renoir paintings, about 40 sculptures, furniture and photographs.

Tuesday’s theft follows a series of museum robberies in France, including last year’s theft of crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris.

Thieves stole jewels valued at about $102 million from the Louvre in October, including a tiara that belonged to Empress Eugénie.

Europol said last month that art robberies in Europe have grown more violent and that some thefts once carried out by specialist gangs are now being committed by opportunists recruited through social media.

The Apple Store has been taken offline ahead of tonight’s highly anticipated “surprise and shine” event.

Visitors to the site are currently greeted with a message saying: “Be right back. We’re making updates to the Apple Store. Check back soon.”

Apple has not confirmed what changes are being made, but the temporary shutdown has fuelled speculation that the company is preparing to add new products to its online store.

The event, scheduled to begin at 6pm UK time, is expected to include the unveiling of the iPhone Ultra, which is rumoured to be Apple’s first-ever foldable device.

Analysts and industry insiders are also anticipating refreshed Apple Watch models, an upgraded HomePod Mini and a new generation of AirPods.

The event will also be the first launch for new chief executive John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook just a week ago.

The Daily Mail tried to access the Apple Store at around 12:10pm BST.

While this is usually the go–to destination to buy Apple products, the outage message now greets you on the landing page. 

There’s also the option to click through to ‘Watch the event’, which begins in just a few hours. 

The Apple Store outage has sparked excitement amongst Apple fans, who are counting down to Apple’s event. 

Taking to X, one user said: ‘The Apple Store is officially down! We are in the END GAME.’

Another wrote: ‘Apple Store enters maintenance mode. Soon, the announcement of the new iPhone.’

And one joked: ‘APPLE STORE IS DARK. The annual ritual of digital purgatory has begun.’

How to watch Apple’s ‘surprise and shine’ event

Apple’s event will kick off at 10am California time (6pm UK time) at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, the company’s Cupertino headquarters.

Press and select individuals will attend the event in person, having received invitations late last month.

For everyone else, the event will be available to watch on the Apple Events page, the company’s YouTube channel, or on the Daily Mail’s live coverage.

And, for tech fans everywhere, this is one event you won’t want to miss.

Apple expert Paolo Pescatore, founder of PP Foresight, told the Daily Mail: ‘Apple events typically do not disappoint, and expectations will be sky–high this time around.’

The foldable iPhone Ultra

The most exciting reveal is expected to be the long–awaited foldable, likely to be named the iPhone Ultra.

This will be Apple’s first major deviation from the classic design established by the first iPhone almost 20 years ago.

Coming late to the foldable market compared to its rivals, Apple will need to deliver a big win and some seriously impressive features to stand out.

Apple experts suggest that the foldable will have a similar form factor to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, with a 5.3in outer display and a larger 7.7in inner screen.

That means the inner screen is wider than it is tall when unfolded, giving the iPhone Ultra a similar aspect ratio to Apple’s biggest iPads.

According to Bloomberg’s Apple correspondent Mark Gurman, the iPhone Ultra will miss out on a telephoto camera lens found on most premium smartphones.

That disappointment might be softened by the rumour that Apple has developed a rival–beating, nearly creaseless folding display with improved durability.

Based on leaks from reliable sources, the iPhone Ultra is expected to launch in just black and white.

However, this is expected to be an ‘ultra–premium’ product with a price tag to match, with launch prices expected to top $2,000 (£1,470).

Rebecca Crook, chief executive of tech consultancy firm MSQ DX, told the Daily Mail: ‘Apple’s September 9 event will be its most significant in years and not just for the expected debut of its first foldable iPhone, the biggest change to its smartphone lineup to date, but because it marks the first time in over a decade that Tim Cook won’t be the one introducing Apple’s new products.’ 

The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max won’t be as big of a departure from Apple’s standard smartphone formula as the iPhone Ultra, but they could bring a few key upgrades.

Most excitingly, leaks suggest that these premium models will feature a new under–display Face ID sensor.

That could mean Apple will finally get rid of the much–hated black oval at the top of iPhone screens.

Meanwhile, Mr Gurman suggests that these phones will feature ‘the biggest leap in camera hardware’ in recent years.

The flagship feature is expected to be a variable aperture telephoto camera, allowing users to mechanically control how much light enters the lens.

This is a feature normally found on large specialist cameras, and would allow for significantly better photos in very dark or bright conditions.

On the inside, the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will likely come with upgraded hardware including chips that can handle more powerful AI processes.

Ben Wood, chief marketing officer at CCS Insight, told the Daily Mail: ‘Expect to see Apple heavily promoting its Apple Intelligence, Siri AI capabilities, and other software enhancements.

‘However, it is the hardware that will grab the headlines.’

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AirPods 5

Apple is widely expected to use the ‘surprise and shine’ event to launch new AirPods 5 and AirPods 5 with Active Noise Cancellation.

However, the bad news is that this upgrade might not be as spectacular as earlier rumours suggested.

Last month, a developer version of Mac computer software accidentally leaked a video of an unreleased AirPods product that included cameras.

These AirPods used Visual Intelligence, an Apple feature that uses cameras to analyse the real world, to give context for Siri and other AI tools.

The news immediately split fans, with some praising the innovative tech and others expressing privacy concerns, even going so far as to dub the headphones ‘PervertPods’.

However, Mr Gurman poured cold water on the speculation by revealing that these camera–enabled headphones wouldn’t be launching until at least 2027.

That means this week’s headphone launch will likely be a smaller upgrade to 2024’s AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation.

Expect to see better sound quality, battery life and potentially some new health features, but no groundbreaking changes.

The Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4

The event is also expected to see the launch of the next generation of Apple Watches, but don’t expect any groundbreaking upgrades.

The Apple Watch Series 12 will include the usual upgrades of a better chip, better battery life and more efficient use of energy to go even longer between charges.

The biggest change is expected to be the return of the premium ceramic case option, in addition to new band and colour configurations.

The Apple Watch Ultra 4, meanwhile, is rumoured to pack a serious upgrade to its sensors that will make health data more accurate and reduce battery drain.

Rumours also suggest that there is a blood pressure alert feature on the way, but not the long–expected blood sugar monitor feature Apple is reportedly developing.

HomePod Mini 2

With Apple expected to focus extensively on new AI features and a new AI–enhanced Siri on the horizon, experts expect an overhaul to the company’s smart home device.

It’s been six years since Apple launched the last version of its compact smart speaker, so the timing couldn’t be better for an update.

A new HomePod with a chipset capable of handling AI tasks could be a far more useful and versatile home assistant than the existing model.

According to MacRumors, the newly released macOS 26.7 beta software includes codenames referencing a number of unreleased products, including the codename ‘B525’.

Since the current HomePod Mini has the code ‘B520’, this could imply a second–generation sequel is on the way.

Einar Méndez, a father of three living in Mexico, was declared dead after suffering a medical emergency in Mexico City on Friday, just days before what was set to be his first trip to New York, his wife, Yan, shared Monday.

“Rest in peace, love of my life. Fly to the highest heights, and I promise we will meet again,” his grieving widow wrote in an emotional tribute posted to his Instagram account.

Méndez, an internationally recognized bodybuilder and fitness coach known for training celebrity clients, died after what his wife described as a “sudden heart attack” while exercising.

“We are all still in shock. He left suddenly, at the gym, doing what he loved most: working out,” she wrote on Instagram, as fans and loved ones mourned the unexpected loss.

Speaking in Spanish in a video shared online, Yan remembered him as “strong, resilient, kind,” according to People, adding: “Everyone who knew him knows exactly who Einar Méndez was.”

Méndez boasted of being a national and international champion.

His dedicated clientele included Mexico-based Nicaraguan TV host Martha Debayle.

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Debayle said Méndez had collapsed, but no official cause of death has been revealed.

The fitness influencer with nearly 47,000 followers was remembered as a family man and father.

“Before he was a coach, Einar was Yan’s husband, his wife for 30 years, a father to his three daughters. And that’s where today it becomes impossible to measure this loss,” Debayle said.

“To think about Yan and his daughters’ pain, breaks my heart,” she added. “Because no matter how much you try to find an explanation for them, there are things that just don’t have it.”

She also paid tribute to the trainer who helped more than just herself.

“Einar was my coach, but he was also the coach of so many of you in ‘Sumer Body,’ and I know that it meant to so many. I know how much they wanted it, how much he pushed them, how much he made them deny, laugh, strike and discover that they could always be a little more,’ she said.

Debayle revealed Méndez had future plans ready involving trip to the US where he would see the Miami Dolphins, visit New York for the first time and “keep training, scolding and demanding.”

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said Tuesday that American forces sank another vessel it described as a “floating refueling station” allegedly tied to drug trafficking operations.

“On September 8, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) forces successfully interdicted a floating refueling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in the Eastern Pacific,” SOUTHCOM noted in a post on X.

“Intelligence confirmed the vessel’s involvement with the Los Choneros violent narco-terrorist organization. Individuals removed from the vessel have been transferred to Ecuadorian authorities. After clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew, U.S. forces sank it,” the post continued.

“JTF-WHEM continues to conduct precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere,” SOUTHCOM added.

The announcement marks the latest in a series of SOUTHCOM updates on U.S. operations targeting vessels allegedly used as refueling hubs by Los Choneros, which has been designated a foreign terrorist organization.

“The Ecuador-based gang Los Choneros is a major driver of destabilizing violence in Ecuador,” according to a counterterrorism guide.

“Los Choneros engages in a range of violent and criminal activities, including hired killings; kidnappings; political assassinations; and the smuggling of weapons, explosives, and drugs,” the document notes.

“Los Choneros uses prisons and illegal gold mines as operational bases and cooperates with the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel and with Albanian cartels to facilitate drug shipments globally,” the guide states.