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Anthropic's Amodei confirms China presents 'toughest dilemma' for his proposed AI slowdown
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Sunday that the "toughest dilemma" about his proposal to slow the advancement of artificial intelligence is what happens if adversarial nations, namely China, choose not to do the same.
Key facts
- President Donald Trump is slated to meet with Xi at the White House on Sept. 24, and the two leaders are expected to discuss AI
- Several other industry leaders, including Demis Hassabis, the chair of Google DeepMind, and Elon Musk, CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, also welcomed Amodei's proposal
- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for a "consensus-based global AI governance framework" at the BRICS bloc summit in India and said China will help establish a BRICS AI open-source
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Saturday that the company will likely not go public this year, in part because of concerns around safety
Summary
"The more long-term thing would be working together to put a speed limit on the rate of of AI progress," Amodei told CBS News' "Sunday Morning. Amodei published an essay on Saturday urging AI companies to slow how quickly they improve their most advanced models, a move that followed stark warnings from industry researchers last week about the technology's growing potential to cause catastrophic harm. In recent months, AI models from Chinese startups have gained steam against leading offerings from American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, sparking concern from lawmakers and experts in Silicon Valley.