Why AI researchers are quitting – and what an ex-Googler saw first

AI company CEOs – the same people building these products – keep warning that AI could end humanity. This week it boiled over: an Anthropic researcher quit and accused his employer of endangering the world, and a current Anthropic safety lead agreed with him publicly. Host Emily Dreyfuss sits down with SF Standard tech editor Heather Kelly to explain what's really driving the AI industry's sudden wave of doomsday manifestos – regulatory capture, looming IPO paperwork, and a string of AI "misalignment" incidents.

Emily then speaks to Claire Stapleton, who spent 12 years crafting Google's "don't be evil" image before helping organize the company's historic 20,000-person walkout. She talks about her new memoir, Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape From Big Tech – and what it actually looks like to fall out of love with a company you once believed in.

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