Anthropic CEO Calls for Slower AI Development to Prioritize Safety

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a call to action, "We Must Pace the Frontier," advocating for frontier AI labs to intentionally decelerate capability improvements. He warns that unchecked recursive self-improvement could lead to an "agent swarm" taking over the internet, stressing the critical need for alignment, security, and third-party evaluation to catch up with advancements.