Anthropic, OpenAI CEOs Urge Slower AI Development in 3,800-Word Risk Warning
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 13
Anthropic, OpenAI CEOs Urge Slower AI Development in 3,800-Word Risk Warning
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 13
Summary
Dario Amodei said in a 3,800-word essay that frontier AI progress should slow so safety work can catch up, warning that current risk prevention is not enough.
Sam Altman backed that stance within 48 hours, saying OpenAI also needs to “pace the frontier” and will adopt independent evaluators with employee-like access.
The shift matters because both companies have spent the past two years selling AI as a major growth engine, and a slower development tempo could hit investor expectations and delay cash-out plans such as IPOs.
The comments could also pressure rivals including Meta and Elon Musk’s AI efforts to revisit how quickly they push model capabilities versus safety safeguards.