{"slug": "slow-down-the-race-to-regulate-ai", "title": "Slow down the race to regulate AI", "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing the development of frontier AI and bringing outside evaluators into the process, an idea endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, according to the Washington Examiner. The Washington Examiner argued that lawmakers should exercise extreme caution when regulating an industry they don't understand, noting that big businesses calling on big government to cement their status as industry leaders isn't new and that many past warnings about AI have turned out to be false.", "body_md": "That the leaders of the most powerful [artificial intelligence](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/) companies are all calling for regulation shouldn’t be ignored. But [big businesses](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/big-business/) calling on [big government](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/big-government/) to cement their status as industry leaders isn’t new. And lawmakers should exercise extreme caution when attempting to regulate an industry they don’t understand, especially one in which so many past warnings have turned out to be false.\n\n[Anthropic](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/anthropic/) CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing the development of frontier AI and bringing outside evaluators into the process this past weekend. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and SpaceXAI CEO [Elon Musk](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/elon-musk/) all endorsed the idea.\n\n## Stay informed.Stay ahead.\n\nJoin Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most.\n\n[See Options](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/subscribe/digital/)\n\nAlready a member? [Log in](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sign-in/)\n\n[Click here to login/register your account](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/print-subscription-check)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/slow-down-the-race-to-regulate-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4726105/slow-down-race-regulate-ai/", "published_at": "2026-09-15 09:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 09:10:44.156646+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Dario Amodei", "OpenAI", "Sam Altman", "Google DeepMind", "Demis Hassabis", "SpaceXAI", "Elon Musk"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/slow-down-the-race-to-regulate-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/slow-down-the-race-to-regulate-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/slow-down-the-race-to-regulate-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/slow-down-the-race-to-regulate-ai.jsonld"}}