Dario Amodei says “full pacing, or even ‘pause,’” on AI development speed

Recently, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other prominent AI figures, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, said the industry’s development should slow, an unusual agreement that came after a researcher at Anthropic quit and cautioned the technology could endanger people. In a recent written proposal, Amodei described ways to make advanced AI progress less rapid, such as placing outside reviewers inside leading companies, working with governments, adopting industry-wide safeguards, and curbing development without oversight. He described the hardest item as an international arrangement in which governments jointly hold back how quickly the field advances, perhaps by halting work. Altman posted that a slower approach is not the same as ending progress, and that safeguards come with expenses. The article adds that rivalries at home and abroad, financial incentives, and resistance from President Donald Trump make joint action difficult.