Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urges AI firms to slow production over fears humans could die within a decade
TheExpressUS · reddit · 2026-09-12
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly urged AI companies to slow down model production, citing fears that AI could pose lethal risks to humanity within the next decade. He noted that without coordinated industry-wide deceleration, frontier labs have no incentive to stop alone — a competitive dynamic at the core of his concern. The remarks, reported by The Express, continue his long-standing AI-risk advocacy.
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