Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Urges AI Rivals to Rethink Rapid Development
On Saturday, Anthropic CEO and billionaire Dario Amodei urged AI companies to deliberately temper the development of frontier models, warning that unchecked acceleration could lead to autonomous AI swarms that might compromise global internet infrastructure within a year, according to dire warnings from industry insiders.
Dario Amodei, right, talks to Andrew Ross Sorkin and at The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025.
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In his essay “We Must Pace the Frontier,” Amodei warned that existing safety guardrails and regulations lag behind the rapid advancement of AI, joining others in cautioning that unchecked development could cause catastrophic damage.
Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual and founder of Anthropic rival xAI, concurred with Amodei, stating on X, “Dario is right.”
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