Amodei, Altman call for slowing AI model development

Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amodei published a blog post Saturday saying his company will implement new safety steps, including third-party evaluators, and called on the AI industry to support a broader downshift in the pace of developing its most advanced models. OpenAI chief Sam Altman pledged to adopt Amodei's suggestion of "independent evaluators with employee-like access," and xAI Corp. head Elon Musk wrote, "Dario is right.

Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms said it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced — and most lucrative — models, citing escalating risks of the technology. Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei issued a lengthy blog post Saturday saying his company would implement new safety steps such as third-party evaluators while calling on the industry to support a broader downshift. OpenAI chief Sam Altman quickly pledged to adopt Amodei’s suggestion of “independent evaluators with employee-like access,” while Elon Musk, who runs xAI Corp., wrote, “Dario is right.”