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Quoting Jeremy Howard

AI researcher Jeremy Howard proposed that the lab with the top-ranked AI model should agree not to use it for frontier AI research, while making it available to everyone else, arguing this would halt frontier advancement by definition. Howard criticized Anthropic for taking the opposite approach by using its top model for frontier AI research and pledging to block competitors, which he said accelerates the frontier and increases dangerous power imbalances.

read1 min publishedJun 10, 2026

Easy solution to slow down recursive AI self improvement:

  • The lab with the top-ranked model must agree THEY must not use it for working on frontier AI
  • But everyone else should have access to it. By definition, this means the frontier doesn't advance.

It also has the critical benefit of avoiding a dangerous power imbalance.

Anthropic has chosen the

oppositeof the safe path: they are allowing themselves, the current top lab, to use their top model for frontier AI research. They've said they'll sabotage others who try.This means the AI frontier advances, & power imbalance increases.

(To be clear,

Idon't think we should try to slow down recursive AI self improvement - I think we should open it up and democratize it as much as possible. My point is: ifyouclaim we should slow down, and you have the best model, you should ensure your org can't use it.)

Jeremy Howard, in a Twitter thread

Tags: ai-ethics, anthropic, generative-ai, claude-mythos, jeremy-howard, ai, llms

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