
Making AI safer is not impossible, but agreeing to do so may be
It is technically feasible, but American labs and the American authorities are at odds, as are America and China | World News

It is technically feasible, but American labs and the American authorities are at odds, as are America and China | World News
Huang says no new regulation is needed; Amodei calls for industry-wide safety standards amid a wider debate on slowing down AI development
On the back of publishing an essay urging AI companies to slow down, the Anthropic chief made the case for industry-wide safety standards.
Recent dire pronouncements about AI potentially endangering humanity were followed over the weekend by calls from AI leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, to slow the rate of advancement and create more time to manage its risks.
President Donald Trump is leading the opposition to recent calls by tech leaders seeking greater government oversight, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and xAI's Elon Musk.
Tech leaders like Amodei, Altman, and Musk are raising alarms about AI's potential dangers, fueling widespread 'doom' fears. Their public statements highlight concerns that are contributing to a growing sense of unease regarding the future implications of artificial intelligence development and its societal impact.
The comments came after Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei published an essay over the weekend calling on AI companies to slow the pace at which they improve model capabilities and proposing stronger safeguards, including independent evaluators embedded within AI firms.
AI leaders Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk agree on slowing development. They cite escalating risks from increasingly autonomous and capable AI systems. Concerns arise from incidents showing AI agents breaching systems and potential internet takeover. Researchers also express fears of AI causing human extinction within the decade.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in a lengthy essay shared on X on Saturday, called on AI companies to slow the rate at which they advance model capabilities amid mounting fears of misuse of artificial intelligence. Both Elon Musk, who runs xAI, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said they agree with Amodei.
The debate about AI was thrust back into the spotlight after chief executive of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, said on Saturday that companies must slow the pace of advance of AI models.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday called for AI companies to slow the pace of frontier model development, warning that capabilities are advancing faster than researchers can understand or control - a position quickly endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
Trump was pushing back against calls by tech leaders such as Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk to have greater government oversight of AI. Their goal is to ensure the technology is developed in ways that promote safety, address legal liability, feed economic growth, advance science and preserve national security.

Amid a safety freakout, it wants to slow down AI development | World News
At the same time, the technology industry is debating whether to slow the pace of AI development. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated slowing AI development amid concerns over the risk of losing control of increasingly advanced AI systems.

Anthropic head Dario Amodei’s call to pace the frontier AI race has exposed a growing divide in Silicon Valley over regulation, competition, and AI safety concerns.
Top AI industry leaders are now calling for a significant slowdown in development. They warn that unchecked advancement poses existential risks to humanity. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman have publicly voiced these urgent concerns. Demis Hassabis and Satya Nadella also support stricter AI development pacing. Elon Musk agrees, having long sounded alarms about artificial intelligence.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow the rate at which they advance model capabilities amid mounting fears of misuse of artificial intelligence. Both Elon Musk, who runs xAI, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said that they agree with Amodei.
In the essay published on Saturday and later endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Dario Amodei outlined a framework to pace the development of frontier AI model capabilities and create more time to manage mounting safety risks.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow down AI development and introduce third-party evaluators has sparked major reactions. Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis supported the direction, while US Senator Bernie Sanders urged a complete pause on advanced AI and superintelligence.
In an essay published on Saturday, Amodei said recent advances have convinced him that artificial intelligence companies need to deliberately "pace the frontier" so safety research can keep up with increasingly capable models.

After Musk and Altman, Google DeepMind founder backs Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei amid alarm over AI

Sam Altman, Elon Musk back Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s warning to slow AI development

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns against racing ahead on AI models: ‘We must slow the pace’
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slower AI progress, warns of 'catastrophic' risks

Anthropic, the high-flying artificial intelligence company, has spent the past year surpassing rivals in the race to dominate the technology. Now it may also surpass those rivals with its coming blockbuster debut on Wall Street
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has pushed back against claims that regulating artificial intelligence (AI) would inevitably concentrate power in the hands of a few companies and governments, arguing that carefully designed rules could instead constrain frontier AI