EQUIPThe Verge · 2d ago
Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocates for decelerating artificial intelligence development to prioritize safety and rigorous evaluation. The company will grant third-party access to its models to ensure compliance with established safety commitments and industry standards.
- 01Amodei proposed a three-step plan to pace the frontier of AI model scaling
- 02Third-party evaluators like METR will receive access to verify model safety practices
- 03The initiative shifts the industry focus from rapid deployment to systematic risk assessment
- 04Leadership calls for slowing development to prevent potential safety failures in future systems
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the time has come to slow down AI development and will give third-party evaluators like METR access to its models to help ensure its "adherence to safety practices and commitments." In a winding essay, Amodei proposed a three-step plan to "pace the frontier" - jargon that simply means to slow […]