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Anthropic, OpenAI CEOs call for slowdown in AI development

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling for an immediate slowdown in the pace of AI development, warning of potentially devastating consequences in a matter of months otherwise. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly agreed that the industry needs to slow the pace of frontier-model advances and take more step…

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-09-14 15:45 · The Hill Technology
    AI leaders call for development slowdown
  2. 2026-09-14 10:09 · NPR Technology
    Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO's call to curb China's AI development
  3. 2026-09-13 21:03 · NPR Technology
    AI CEOs call for industry slowdown
  4. 2026-09-12 16:59 · Axios AI+
    Anthropic, OpenAI CEOs call for slowdown in AI development

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