New York: The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the AI industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without it, Dario Amodei warned AI could be capable within six to 12 months of leading a swarm that could take over the entire internet, among other risks.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, backed Amodei, posting on X, “I agree with Dario we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we’ve had at OpenAI in recent weeks. Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we’ll do the same.” Tesla boss Elon Musk also endorsed his suggestion: “Dario is right.”Amodei also offered a plan to raise checks on the industry, one part of which he said Anthropic is undertaking by itself already. Others will require coordination among the industry and with govts.