Sam Altman: I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he agrees with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that the AI industry needs to pace the frontier, and committed OpenAI to giving independent evaluators employee-like access to its systems. Altman said the topic has been a primary subject of discussions at OpenAI in recent weeks and that the company will share more soon. Anthropic said it is unilaterally committing to the first step of Amodei's three-part plan by providing third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access.

I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we've had at OpenAI in recent weeks. Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We'll have more to share soon. We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so. Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our