{"slug": "anthropic-ceo-calls-for-slowdown-in-the-ai-race", "title": "Anthropic CEO Calls for Slowdown in the AI Race", "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI's leadership called for slowing the race to build the most powerful artificial intelligence, saying it must decelerate before it is too late, according to an NBC Sunday TODAY report aired Sept. 13, 2026. The appeal followed an Anthropic safety researcher quitting his job days earlier and warning that the people building the technology \"earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade.", "body_md": "Mistrial Declared in Lindsay Clancy Murder Case: What’s Next?\n\n04:34\n\nLabor Day Weekend Storms Force More Than 4,000 Airport Delays\n\n00:22\n\nNew NBC Poll Shows Trump’s Approval Rating at 36%\n\n01:48\n\nUS Military Strikes Three Iranian Oil Tankers\n\n01:57\n\nUS Envoy Set for Talks in Ukraine After Meeting Putin in Russia\n\n01:56\n\nWillie Geist Shares Collection of Interviews With Dolly Parton\n\n08:47\n\nCelebrating Dolly Parton’s Lifetime of Giving Back\n\n03:21\n\nBunny Levine, Educator-Turned-Hollywood Star, Dies at 97\n\n01:50\n\nSee Dolly Parton’s Adorable Sunday TODAY Mug Shot\n\n02:09\n\nWhat Meta’s Settlement Means for Teens and Social Media\n\n04:44\n\nNASA Launches Newest Telescope Into Space\n\n00:22\n\nNBC Crew, Palestinian Woman Attacked by Masked Israeli Settlers\n\n01:59\n\nTrump Policies Put Red States in Play for Midterms\n\n02:09\n\nUS Enters Deal to Have Majority Control of Venezuela’s Oil\n\n02:05\n\nRescue Efforts Intensify After Catastrophic Mudslide in Nepal\n\n02:12\n\nAnthropic CEO Calls for Slowdown in the AI Race\n\n02:16\n\nCopied\n\nCopied\n\nThe CEOs of the two of the world’s top artificial intelligence companies, Open AI and Anthropic, say the race to build the most powerful AI needs to slow down before it’s too late. This comes just days after an Anthropic safety researcher quit his job and warned that the people building the technology “earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist reports for Sunday TODAY.Sept. 13, 2026\n\nUP NEXT\n\nMegan Moroney Talks New Album, Writing About Heartbreak, More\n\n08:32\n\nSummer Camp Teaches Kids With Autism How to Set Sail\n\n02:46\n\nDr. Paul Russell, Pioneering Transplant Surgeon, Dies at 101\n\n02:12\n\nPersistent Puppy Struggles to Swipe Out-of-Reach Bacon", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-calls-for-slowdown-in-the-ai-race", "canonical_source": "https://www.today.com/video/tech-leaders-call-for-slowdown-in-the-ai-race-269788741609", "published_at": "2026-09-13 12:23:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-13 13:10:49.587040+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Dario Amodei", "NBC", "Aaron Gilchrist", "Sunday TODAY"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-calls-for-slowdown-in-the-ai-race", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-calls-for-slowdown-in-the-ai-race.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-calls-for-slowdown-in-the-ai-race.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-calls-for-slowdown-in-the-ai-race.jsonld"}}