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.
Key facts
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
Threat level: He also specifically referenced the recent OpenAI-Hugging Face rogue agent incident, which he said could have been far worse
The intrigue: SpaceXAI's Elon Musk quickly endorsed Amodei's call to action
What they're saying: "The team must slow the pace at which they improve the capabilities of AI models
Summary
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly agreed that the industry needs to slow the pace of frontier-model advances and take more steps on safety. Amodei pulled no punches in a new essay, cautioning that swarms of rogue AI agents could take over the internet in as little as six months from now. This is the week that the AI safety debate broke into the public consciousness, driven by an Anthropic employee's public resignation and warning of possible doom. Amodei's essay isn't necessarily a direct response, but it will have much the same effect amid a sudden surge of public and congressional outrage.