Former xAI employee says fear of AI’s rapid progress partly drove resignation

On September 11, 2026, a former xAI employee said they had resigned a few months earlier, partly out of fear of how quickly AI is progressing. Quoting an Elon Musk post, they expressed respect for his leadership of xAI but urged him not to minimize another user’s concerns. They claimed those concerns were shared by a majority of high-profile AI researchers.