Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposes plan to 'pace the frontier' of AI

Amodei's essay proposes a three-step plan to slow AI capability development, starting with embedded third-party evaluators like METR getting employee-level access to Anthropic's models — a step Anthropic says it is committing to unilaterally. He cites recursive self-improvement and the OpenAI-HuggingFace hack as reasons for caution.
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- Sep 12
Anthropic CEO Says It’s Time to Slow Pace of Improving AI Modelsbloomberg.com
Anthropic CEO outlines plan to ‘pace the frontier’techcrunch.com
Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AItheverge.com
Anthropic's Amodei proposes plan to 'slow the pace' of advancing AI capabilitiescnbc.com
Could rogue agent swarms take over the entire internet in the next six months?garymarcus.substack.com
- Sep 13
Everyone should slow down AI development except for mexeiaso.net
Anthropic CEO reacts to 'AI could kill us all' warningyoutube.com
Anthropic CEO calls for competitors to agree to "third-party evaluators" in push for AI safetyyoutube.com
Exclusive: Anderson Cooper asks Anthropic CEO about rogue AI agents taking over internetyoutube.com
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