# ‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown > Source: > Published: 2026-09-12 15:46:01+00:00 # ‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown [The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology) In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) company [Anthropic](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/anthropic) issued a new appeal on Saturday for the [AI](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai) industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “unilaterally” commit to the first of the steps. [In a post on social media,](https://x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2098773920774074715?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet) Dario Amodei shared a link to an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier in which he lays out how [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) would provide “third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during [training](/glossary/training)”. [Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/we-must-slow-the-pace-ceo-of-anthropic-calls-for-an-ai-slowdown) Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. ## Key Terms Explained [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) An AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei. [Artificial Intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) The science of creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence — reasoning, learning, perception, language understanding, and decision-making. [Training](/glossary/training) The process of teaching an AI model by exposing it to data and adjusting its parameters to minimize errors.