Anthropic AI Safety Lead Warns of >10% AI Extinction Risk; Space Deployment Questioned

Anthropic's alignment science lead, Evan Hubinger, publicly stated a personal belief of greater than 10% chance that AI could cause human extinction, a notable admission from a senior figure at a leading AI lab. The statement, made on social media, is being used by SpaceNews to question the wisdom of deploying AI in space applications, where autonomous decision-making is critical. The claim is an opinion, not a verified finding, but its source lends it weight in ongoing AI safety debates.