Anthropic staff echo extinction warnings; Musk dismisses as 'psyop'

Multiple Anthropic researchers publicly endorsed a former colleague's apocalyptic AI warning, escalating internal dissent over existential risk. Elon Musk and conservative commentators on X dismissed the coordinated statements as a 'psyop' or 'setup', injecting political polarization into the AI safety debate. The episode signals growing internal friction at a leading AI lab and a widening public rift over AI risk narratives.