Eight AI lab employees explain why leaving felt safer than staying
Eight former employees of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind describe why they left, giving readers a rare view of the personal tradeoff behind AI safety dissent. Their reasons range from concern that labs are accelerating toward dangerous systems to objections over defense partnerships, commercialization, and the value of doing safety or job-loss work outside. The interviews frame quitting as a choice between public protest and influence from inside.