Call for AI Slowdown Grows as Top Executives Speak Out

Illustration of a hand pressing a brake pedal beside a fast-moving digital AI network

A growing number of the people actually building artificial intelligence are now saying publicly that the industry needs to ease off. The loudest voice this week belongs to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who called over the weekend for a coordinated pause in AI development, giving researchers room to catch up with the risks the technology is already creating. Summary Amodei’s remarks, made on Saturday, quickly drew public support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk, and Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis. Despite that rare show of…

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