Anthropic CEO Calls for AI Development Slowdown, Backed by Musk and Altman

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an article titled 'We Must Control the Frontier' on September 14, urging the industry to intentionally slow the pace of frontier AI development. Amodei argued that current model advancements are outpacing researchers' ability to understand and control them. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed agreement, committing to implement independent evaluators at OpenAI, while Elon Musk also voiced his support. Amodei proposed a phased safety framework involving independent assessments, government-coordinated standards, and international agreements to mitigate risks such as recursive self-improvement and potential AI-driven malicious swarms.