Lovable CEO backs slowing AI development over safety concerns: 'Warnings like this deserve to be taken seriously'

Lovable CEO Anton Osika spoke out, while the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI have stayed quiet. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference; WEF Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has found a tech executive who shares his fears over AI. Lovable CEO Anton Osika said AI development should slow while safety cannot be guaranteed. OpenAI and Anthropic's leaders have not publicly addressed Coxon's warning, which sparked a big debate. Most AI leaders have stayed quiet since Jacob Coxon accused OpenAI and Anthropic of "gambling with our lives" — except for one: Lovable CEO Anton Osika. In a LinkedIn post on Thursday, the founder of the Swedish vibe-coding startup wrote that he backs slowing dangerous development "when safety cannot be demonstrated." "Warnings like this need to be taken seriously," Osika wrote about Coxon's post. Coxon, a 27-year-old who spent around three years as a researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic, quit the latter this week. He warned the two labs were racing toward self-improving superintelligence without acting responsibly. "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," he wrote on X on Wednesday. "This is not a marketing stunt." It set off a fierce debate among AI researchers, policymakers, and tech observers. Several current and former Anthropic employees publicly endorsed parts of Coxon's warning. Others like Gary Marcus, an AI researcher and author, said there was "no realistic scenario" for near-term human extinction, and Melanie Mitchell, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute, similarly called extinction fears "far-fetched." On Thursday, Osika wrote in the post, which featured screenshots of Coxon's X thread: "Decisions that could affect everyone deserve public accountability. The people building the most powerful systems should have to demonstrate that they can keep them under control." Osika added: "As a European founder, I want our leaders to hear this: you have my support in pushing for international coordination, including slowing dangerous development when safety cannot be demonstrated." Evan Hubinger, who leads Anthropic's alignment team, which tests if superintelligent AI follows human values, said he personally believed there was a greater-than-10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade. He added that Anthropic did not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence, although it was trying its best. OpenAI and Anthropic leaders, meanwhile, have remained silent, but have issued similar warnings in the past. Open AI CEO Sam Altman said in April that the company may need to work with governments, international bodies, and rival AGI developers to resolve "serious alignment, safety, or societal problems" before proceeding further. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, meanwhile, warned in February 2025 that advanced AI could bring global security threats, from catastrophic misuse to the autonomous risks posed by powerful systems. OpenAI and Anthropic did not immediately respond to Business Insider's out-of-hours requests for comment. Osika ended his LinkedIn post with: "Our ambition for AI should be measured by what it makes possible for humanity." Read the original article on Business Insider