New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- Mrinank Sharma, the head of Anthropic's safeguards research team, announced his resignation through a cryptic social media post on Monday, February 9, sparking widespread speculation about the reasons behind his sudden decision.

In his resignation note, posted on X (formerly Twitter), Sharma announced that he was quitting, referencing poets like David Whyte, Rilke and William Stafford. The post was quickly analysed by netizens, who suggested that concerns over compromise on AI safety may have prompted him to leave.

He also said that it was clear to him that the time has come to move on, saying that the world is in peril, not just from AI, but a "whole series of interconnected crises unfolding in this very moment"....