'We Must Pace the Frontier': Anthropic CEO urges AI companies to slow model development

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for AI companies to deliberately slow the pace of model development to better manage risks, proposing a three-step framework. This comes after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned, accusing firms like Anthropic and OpenAI of acting irresponsibly and "gambling with our lives" by racing towards self-improving superintelligence. Amodei, in his essay "We Must Pace the Frontier," acknowledged AI's potential benefits but warned of risks such as losing control of systems, misuse for cyberattacks, and economic disruption, stating, "A race to the bottom, spurred by commercial incentives, can make these risks more acute." His plan includes Embedded Evaluators, Democratic Coordination, and Global Coordination to establish shared safety standards and ensure the gained time is used effectively for safer AI development. Elon Musk publicly supported Amodei's stance.