{"slug": "ai-ceos-say-they-need-to-slow-the-pace-of-development-but-will-they", "title": "AI CEOs say they need to slow the pace of development. But will they?", "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed slowing the pace of artificial intelligence development to ensure public safety, and the heads of the largest US AI companies — including OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk — immediately agreed, according to The Guardian. The calls follow repeated warnings from Anthropic researchers that AI could kill all of humanity by 2030.", "body_md": "# AI CEOs say they need to slow the pace of development. But will they?\n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\n\nAfter apocalyptic warnings about the threats posed by AI, leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) CEO Dario Amodei’s calls to ‘slow the pace’\n\nFacing a public uproar over [Anthropic](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/anthropic) researchers’ repeated warnings that [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) [could kill all of humanity](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/anthropic-researchers-ai-human-extinction) by 2030, the AI company’s CEO Dario Amodei issued a proposal at the weekend to [slow down](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/we-must-slow-the-pace-ceo-of-anthropic-calls-for-an-ai-slowdown) the technology’s advancement to ensure public safety.\n\nIn a [rare display of unity](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-back-anthropic-calls-brakes-ai-development), the heads of the largest US [artificial intelligence](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai) companies all agreed immediately.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/ai-ceo-safety-slowdown)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\n## Key Terms Explained\n\n[Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic)\n\nAn AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei.\n\n[Artificial Intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence)\n\nThe science of creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence — reasoning, learning, perception, language understanding, and decision-making.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-ceos-say-they-need-to-slow-the-pace-of-development-but-will-they", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-ceos-say-they-need-to-slow-the-pace-of-development-but-wi-nmrq", "published_at": "2026-09-14 05:00:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-14 05:56:33.305470+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Dario Amodei", "Sam Altman", "Elon Musk", "OpenAI", "The Guardian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-ceos-say-they-need-to-slow-the-pace-of-development-but-will-they", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-ceos-say-they-need-to-slow-the-pace-of-development-but-will-they.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-ceos-say-they-need-to-slow-the-pace-of-development-but-will-they.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-ceos-say-they-need-to-slow-the-pace-of-development-but-will-they.jsonld"}}