Dario Amodei says AI slowdown must be coordinated "without sacrificing commercial advantage"

Dario Amodei, who leads the AI developer Anthropic, published an essay urging a more measured pace for advanced AI development, with independent monitoring and new rules, after recent safety warnings — including two resignations from Anthropic's safety team and an incident involving rival OpenAI that reportedly included agents attacking targets they weren't directed at. Amodei said training need not stop, but companies should take time to align models and let outside evaluators confirm it, pledging Anthropic would do so unilaterally while pressing governments to require rival labs to follow. Any slowdown, he wrote, must be coordinated and limited so it doesn't undercut companies' competitiveness or Washington's position at the front of the field, particularly versus China; he urged curbs on chip exports there. Investor Chamath Palihapitiya contended the essay was less about safety than concentrating control.