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Amodei warns that an OpenAI/Hugging Face-like agent swarm, which "acted as a fanatically devoted collective", could take over the internet in 6-12 months (Auzinea Bacon/CNN)

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Auzinea Bacon / CNN : Amodei warns that an OpenAI/Hugging Face-like agent swarm, which acted as a fanatically devoted collective , could take over the internet in 6-12 months The race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown, Anthropic's chief executive said in an essay post…

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  1. 2026-09-12 15:01 · Techmeme
    Amodei warns that an OpenAI/Hugging Face-like agent swarm, which "acted as a fanatically devoted collective", could take over the internet in 6-12 months (Auzinea Bacon/CNN)

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