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Sam Altman backs Anthropic over slowing down AI development; vows to follow Amodei's proposal; Musk follows suit

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and billionaire Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to slow AI development and said OpenAI would adopt a proposed safeguard, as Anthropic researchers warned of risks from increasingly powerful AI systems.

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-09-14 21:21 · The Verge AI
    What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
  2. 2026-09-13 05:08 · Mint AI
    Bernie Sanders echoes Dario Amodei and Sam Altman on slowing down development, urges ban on superintelligent AI
  3. 2026-09-13 01:35 · Mint AI
    Sam Altman backs Anthropic over slowing down AI development; vows to follow Amodei's proposal; Musk follows suit

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