India, Feb. 10 -- Mrinank Sharma, who was leading the Safeguards Research Team at Anthropic, has resigned from the company, saying that the "world is in peril", not just from artificial intelligence (AI) or bioweapons, but from what he said was a "whole series of interconnected crises unfolding" currently.

Anthropic, an American AI company headquartered in San Francisco, California, shot to fame with its AI model, Claude. Amid growing investor concerns about how AI could transform the economy, Anthropic released new tools designed to automate work tasks in various industries. This move further triggered fears that the innovations would harm many businesses.

In a post on X, Sharma shared a letter detailing his resignation. He said, "I've...