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Anthropic CEO Proposes Three-Step Plan to Slow AI Development Pace
Key points
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a three-step plan to slow AI development.
- The plan includes third-party evaluation of AI models for safety compliance.
- It calls for industry-wide safety standards, potentially with government input.
- Global coordination between governments on AI regulation is the third step.
- Anthropic has unilaterally committed to the first step of the plan.
- Dario Amodei warned AI could control the internet within 6-12 months.
- Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Amodei's call to slow AI development.
- OpenAI will adopt independent monitoring of AI research.
- China's refusal to slow AI development is the toughest dilemma for Amodei's plan.
- Amodei's essay urging AI companies to decelerate progress was published on Saturday.
- Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit over concerns about AI companies gambling with lives.
- Chinese AI models are gaining against American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis supported Amodei's proposal.
- xAI owner Elon Musk supported Amodei's proposal.
- Amodei's proposal is titled ".We Must Pace the Frontier."
- Sam Altman posted his views on AI safety on X on Monday.
- Altman warned AI progress could go badly if humanity loses control or power concentrates.
- AI stocks were down on Monday after the safety comments.
- Donald Trump said a slowdown was not needed and would jeopardize America's AI lead.
- China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun called calls for an AI slowdown "fear mongering."
- China's Minister of State Security Chen Yixin called for accelerating AI security risk prevention.
- SoftBank, an OpenAI investor, was down 10% on Monday.
- Microsoft released a provisional code of conduct for its AI models.
- Microsoft's AI guidelines were in development for about five months.
- Mustafa Suleyman heads Microsoft's model development.
- Amodei's essay called for continued restrictions on AI chip sales to China.
- Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI governance on Sept. 24.
- OpenAI disclosed a safety breach where its agents hacked Hugging Face.
- China Daily criticized Amodei's proposal as a strategy to hinder Chinese competition.
- Chinese state media called Amodei's proposal a response to Chinese competition.
- Chinese state media said Amodei's proposal aims to secure a favorable policy environment for US AI companies.
- Chinese state media said Amodei's proposal aims to keep investors' enthusiasm for US AI alight.
- Chinese state media said a global AI-safety framework that excludes China is not global.
- Legal experts argue proposed evaluators lack authority to halt operations or enforce changes.
- Anthropic's head of public policy, Sarah Heck, said AI companies cannot self-regulate.
- Sarah Heck stated Anthropic wants to work with the government on AI oversight.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is not convinced AI development needs to be slowed.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not convinced AI development needs to be slowed.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delayed Muse's release for several months due to safety concerns.
- Anthropic released three metrics to help AI companies monitor development speed.
- The three metrics measure AI-led R&D, AI agent oversight, and compute allocation.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged frontier labs to "run as fast as you can."
- Business leaders at Dreamforce find existing AI models sufficient for their needs.
- Business leaders at Dreamforce are focused on implementing current AI technology.
- Alec Bronston, from Spins, said a slowdown would offer opportunity to catch up.
- Anthropic selected Accenture as its first embedded evaluator.
- Accenture's specialist AI business, Faculty, will embed employees within Anthropic.
- Accenture employees will test safeguards and assess model behavior.
- Anthropic will directly fund Accenture's evaluation work.
- Anthropic and Accenture will invest at least $1 billion over five years.
- Accenture's shares rose 8% after the announcement.
- Anthropic is in talks with METR and other nonprofits for embedded evaluation.
- Accenture's evaluators will watch models take shape in training.
- Accenture's evaluators will follow decisions governing model building and deployment.
- Accenture's evaluators will speak directly to Anthropic employees.
- Four plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google.
- The lawsuit alleges antitrust violations for an agreement to slow AI development.
- The lawsuit claims coordination to slow AI development started in July 2026.
- The lawsuit claims slowing AI development reduces the value of paid AI subscriptions.
- Attorney Nick Rowley is the lead counsel for the plaintiffs.
- TechCrunch's Equity podcast discussed the AI slowdown debate.
- Sean O'Kane noted Amodei's plan lacked details.
- Sean O'Kane stated the federal government is not eager to enforce regulations.
- Sean O'Kane argued there is not much consumer choice driving the AI market.
- Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Clément Delangue will address the UN Security Council.
- Yoshua Bengio will also join the UN Security Council meeting.
- The UN Security Council meeting on AI is scheduled for Wednesday.
- Stéphane Dujarric confirmed the speakers for the UN meeting.
- Sam Altman said countries should cooperate on AI for shared interests.
- Donald Trump criticized a 'globalist scheme' to control AI.
- Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue urged the UN for global AI coordination.
- Michael Kratsios, former Trump advisor, rejected new AI regulation at the UN.
- Michael Kratsios is a former Scale AI executive.
- Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said slowing AI is unrealistic.
- Nikesh Arora believes AI extinction risk is extremely small.
- Nikesh Arora posted on X that the call for a slowdown was a "NINJA MOVE".
- Nikesh Arora thought AI firms were trying to get regulator sympathy and a "free pass" on liability.
- Saturday Night Live featured a sketch parodying Dario Amodei.
- SNL cast member Jane Wickline played Dario Amodei.
- Dario Amodei will have a one-on-one dinner with President Donald Trump.
- The dinner will take place at the White House.
- Axios first reported Amodei's dinner plans.
- Trump wants to rebrand AI technology as "super intelligence."
- The Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk earlier this year.
- Anthropic is fighting the Pentagon's designation in court.
- The FTC is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic.
- The FTC investigation is about potential product dangers.
- The New York Post first reported the FTC probe.
- The FTC investigation was confirmed by an FTC spokesperson.
- The FTC investigation has been underway for months.
Call for Pacing AI Development
Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, has called for a slowdown in the pace of artificial intelligence development. In an essay, Amodei outlined a three-step plan to "pace the frontier" of AI, which means moderating the speed of training and development to allow time for building safeguards and regulatory evaluation.
Amodei stated that the goal is to temper the pace of development without sacrificing commercial advantage or the United States' lead in AI. He emphasized that pacing does not mean halting model training or technical progress, but ensuring companies take adequate time for alignment and safety.
Three-Step Proposal
The first step of Amodei's plan involves "frontier AI" companies granting third-party evaluators, such as METR, ongoing access to their models. These evaluators would verify compliance with safety practices, assess if model training aligns with the goal of slowing down, and report incidents. Anthropic has unilaterally committed to this first step.
The second step calls for the AI industry, likely in conjunction with government agencies, to establish common safety standards and limits on the rate of unchecked AI progress. This step would initially focus on AI companies operating in democratic countries.
The final measure proposes coordination between democratic governments and authoritarian governments to ensure global alignment on compliance and regulatory measures for AI.
Addressing AI Risks
Amodei's proposal comes amidst growing concerns within the AI community regarding the potential risks of advanced AI models. These risks include recursive self-improvement, uncontrolled AI agent behavior, misuse, and economic disruption. The essay highlights the need for companies and governments to have sufficient time to address these serious risks.
Anthropic has previously identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for malicious activity, including potential support for biological weapons development. Recent resignations from Anthropic's safety team also underscored concerns about the rapid race to develop advanced AI.
Industry and Government Involvement
The plan suggests that while the first step can be taken unilaterally by companies like Anthropic, the subsequent steps require broader industry collaboration and government involvement. Establishing common safety standards and regulatory infrastructure will take time, necessitating cooperation among AI companies and governments.
The proposal aims to create a framework where safety and responsible development are prioritized, ensuring that the rapid advancements in AI are managed with appropriate oversight and caution.
Updates
- The FTC investigation was confirmed by an FTC spokesperson.
- The FTC investigation has been underway for months.
- The FTC is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic.
- The FTC investigation is about potential product dangers.
- The New York Post first reported the FTC probe.
- Dario Amodei will have a one-on-one dinner with President Donald Trump.
- The dinner will take place at the White House.
- Axios first reported Amodei's dinner plans.
- Trump wants to rebrand AI technology as "super intelligence."
- The Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk earlier this year.
- Anthropic is fighting the Pentagon's designation in court.
- Saturday Night Live featured a sketch parodying Dario Amodei.
- SNL cast member Jane Wickline played Dario Amodei.
- Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said slowing AI is unrealistic.
- Nikesh Arora believes AI extinction risk is extremely small.
- Nikesh Arora posted on X that the call for a slowdown was a "NINJA MOVE".
- Nikesh Arora thought AI firms were trying to get regulator sympathy and a "free pass" on liability.
- Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue urged the UN for global AI coordination.
- Michael Kratsios, former Trump advisor, rejected new AI regulation at the UN.
- Michael Kratsios is a former Scale AI executive.
- Sam Altman said countries should cooperate on AI for shared interests.
- Donald Trump criticized a 'globalist scheme' to control AI.
- Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Clément Delangue will address the UN Security Council.
- Yoshua Bengio will also join the UN Security Council meeting.
- The UN Security Council meeting on AI is scheduled for Wednesday.
- Stéphane Dujarric confirmed the speakers for the UN meeting.
- TechCrunch's Equity podcast discussed the AI slowdown debate.
- Sean O'Kane noted Amodei's plan lacked details.
- Sean O'Kane stated the federal government is not eager to enforce regulations.
- Sean O'Kane argued there is not much consumer choice driving the AI market.
- Four plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google.
- The lawsuit alleges antitrust violations for an agreement to slow AI development.
- The lawsuit claims coordination to slow AI development started in July 2026.
- The lawsuit claims slowing AI development reduces the value of paid AI subscriptions.
- Attorney Nick Rowley is the lead counsel for the plaintiffs.
- Accenture's evaluators will watch models take shape in training.
- Accenture's evaluators will follow decisions governing model building and deployment.
- Accenture's evaluators will speak directly to Anthropic employees.
- Anthropic selected Accenture as its first embedded evaluator.
- Accenture's specialist AI business, Faculty, will embed employees within Anthropic.
- Accenture employees will test safeguards and assess model behavior.
- Anthropic will directly fund Accenture's evaluation work.
- Anthropic and Accenture will invest at least $1 billion over five years.
- Accenture's shares rose 8% after the announcement.
- Anthropic is in talks with METR and other nonprofits for embedded evaluation.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged frontier labs to "run as fast as you can."
- Business leaders at Dreamforce find existing AI models sufficient for their needs.
- Business leaders at Dreamforce are focused on implementing current AI technology.
- Alec Bronston, from Spins, said a slowdown would offer opportunity to catch up.
- OpenAI disclosed a safety breach where its agents hacked Hugging Face.
- China Daily criticized Amodei's proposal as a strategy to hinder Chinese competition.
- Chinese state media called Amodei's proposal a response to Chinese competition.
- Chinese state media said Amodei's proposal aims to secure a favorable policy environment for US AI companies.
- Chinese state media said Amodei's proposal aims to keep investors' enthusiasm for US AI alight.
- Chinese state media said a global AI-safety framework that excludes China is not global.
- Legal experts argue proposed evaluators lack authority to halt operations or enforce changes.
- Anthropic's head of public policy, Sarah Heck, said AI companies cannot self-regulate.
- Sarah Heck stated Anthropic wants to work with the government on AI oversight.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is not convinced AI development needs to be slowed.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not convinced AI development needs to be slowed.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delayed Muse's release for several months due to safety concerns.
- Anthropic released three metrics to help AI companies monitor development speed.
- The three metrics measure AI-led R&D, AI agent oversight, and compute allocation.
- Microsoft released a provisional code of conduct for its AI models.
- Microsoft's AI guidelines were in development for about five months.
- Mustafa Suleyman heads Microsoft's model development.
- Amodei's essay called for continued restrictions on AI chip sales to China.
- Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI governance on Sept. 24.
- China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun called calls for an AI slowdown "fear mongering."
- China's Minister of State Security Chen Yixin called for accelerating AI security risk prevention.
- SoftBank, an OpenAI investor, was down 10% on Monday.
- Sam Altman posted his views on AI safety on X on Monday.
- Altman warned AI progress could go badly if humanity loses control or power concentrates.
- AI stocks were down on Monday after the safety comments.
- Donald Trump said a slowdown was not needed and would jeopardize America's AI lead.
- Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis supported Amodei's proposal.
- xAI owner Elon Musk supported Amodei's proposal.
- Amodei's proposal is titled ".We Must Pace the Frontier."
- China's refusal to slow AI development is the toughest dilemma for Amodei's plan.
- Amodei's essay urging AI companies to decelerate progress was published on Saturday.
- Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit over concerns about AI companies gambling with lives.
- Chinese AI models are gaining against American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Dario Amodei warned AI could control the internet within 6-12 months.
- Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Amodei's call to slow AI development.
- OpenAI will adopt independent monitoring of AI research.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies regarding potential product dangers. This probe follows increased scrutiny of AI safety practices and concerns about AI models causing harm.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to have a one-on-one dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House. This meeting occurs amidst differing views on AI safety between Amodei, who advocates for cautious AI development, and Trump.
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