AI leaders call for development slowdown

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing AI capability development, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI CEO Elon Musk were among the competitors who followed with similar calls after a researcher warned AI could soon destroy humanity. The push for a slowdown marks a shift among leaders of the companies building the most advanced AI systems.

A growing chorus of artificial intelligence leaders are calling for a slowdown of the technology’s development following a researcher’s ominous warning that AI could soon destroy humanity. Shortly after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called to slow down AI capability development, several of his competitors, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI CEO Elon Musk, followed…