# Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?

> Source: <https://techcrunch.com/video/dario-amodei-and-other-ai-leaders-want-to-pace-the-frontier-buthow/>
> Published: 2026-09-18 17:09:56+00:00

A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has [outlined his plan to “pace the frontier”](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/anthropic-ceo-outlines-plan-to-pace-the-frontier/) of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some [industry support](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/openai-anthropic-google-have-been-in-talks-on-ai-safety-for-weeks/), along with some pointed [pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-tells-trump-were-not-going-to-let-an-ai-slowdown-happen/). 

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