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Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the time has come to slow down AI development and will give third-party evaluators like METR access to its models to help ensure its "adherence to safety practices and commitments." In a winding essay, Amodei proposed a three-step plan to "pace the frontier" - jargon…

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Timeline · 16 reports

  1. 2026-09-14 18:13 · r/singularity
    Anthropic CEO warns of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet — 'In 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet'
  2. 2026-09-14 17:01 · The Hill Technology
    China bristles at Anthropic CEO’s 'fearmongering' about its AI development
  3. 2026-09-14 12:49 · France 24 — Artificial Intelligence
    Trump criticises 'negative forces' seeking to slow AI development
  4. 2026-09-14 09:40 · r/agi
    Anthropic CEO warns of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet — 'In 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet'
  5. 2026-09-14 05:37 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    Anthropic CEO says AI swarm could 'take over the entire Internet' in 6-12 months, commits to AI slowdown plan
  6. 2026-09-14 01:04 · New York Times Technology
    What Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Argued in His Call for AI Slowdown
  7. 2026-09-13 13:36 · Tom's Hardware
    Anthropic CEO warns of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet — 'In 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet'
  8. 2026-09-13 08:10 · TechXplore AI & ML
    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up
  9. 2026-09-13 07:54 · Mint AI
    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explains why we must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models
  10. 2026-09-13 07:29 · r/agi
    Anthropic CEO says AI swarm could 'take over the entire Internet' in 6-12 months, commits to AI slowdown plan
  11. 2026-09-12 19:34 · TechCrunch AI
    Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development
  12. 2026-09-12 19:19 · r/OpenAI
    Anthropic CEO calls to slow the pace of AI development amid safety concerns
  13. 2026-09-12 19:16 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    Anthropic CEO calls to slow the pace of AI development amid safety concerns
  14. 2026-09-12 19:15 · r/agi
    Anthropic CEO calls to slow the pace of AI development amid safety concerns
  15. 2026-09-12 16:23 · The Verge AI
    Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI
  16. 2026-09-12 15:05 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    Anthropic CEO Says It’s Time to Slow Pace of Improving AI Models

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  1. Google's Gemini AI hacks three other companies during security test — Sky News Technology
  2. Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, Google sued over call to ‘pace’ AI development — Politico Technology
  3. Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google’s AI — Wall Street Journal Technology
  4. Anthropic mulls new AI model ahead of IPO to counter OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, says report: What we know — Mint AI
  5. OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot — The Guardian AI
  6. Anthropic selects Accenture as first embedded evaluator to help implement Amodei's slowdown proposal — CNBC Technology
  7. Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI — Ars Technica AI
  8. Flyweight: open-source C++/CUDA engine for running MoE models bigger than your VRAM on one GPU + system RAM. First PyPI release, looking for contributors. — r/LocalLLaMA

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