Anthropic CEO Calls for Slowing AI Development, Proposes Three-Step Plan
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a long essay on 2026-09-12 calling for a slower pace of AI development and proposing a three-step plan called 'pace the frontier.'
Anthropic CEO Calls for Slowing AI Development, Proposes Three-Step Plan
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a long essay on 2026-09-12 calling for a slower pace of AI development and proposing a three-step plan called "pace the frontier." In the first step, Anthropic will unilaterally open access to its models to third-party evaluators such as METR to verify its "adherence to safety practices and commitments."
According to Amodei's essay, the second step requires industry-wide participation and may involve joining with government agencies to "establish common safety standards," accompanied by corresponding evaluation and regulatory mechanisms. The third step involves a longer-term international coordination framework, but the essay does not provide a specific timeline.
Amodei described the proposal as "giving companies time to build safeguards and giving regulators space to evaluate models." Anthropic has repeatedly emphasized AI safety issues publicly before, but this statement marks the first time it has proposed a specific step-by-step path for slowing down the industry.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994337/anthropic-ceo-slow-down-ai-development
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