Dario Amodei Calls to Slow AI's Pace, Anthropic Opens Systems to Third-Party Evaluators
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-12
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a new essay, We Must Pace the Frontier, arguing the AI industry should slow down. He noted that since roughly this summer, AI has been advancing drastically faster, driven primarily by AI's growing ability to build the next generation of AI — and left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems. He worries that within 6-12 months, such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet.
Pacing, he clarified, does not mean halting training or technical progress, but ensuring companies take adequate time to align and safeguard models, confirmed by third-party evaluators. As the first step of a three-part plan, Anthropic is unilaterally committing to provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to its systems to verify adherence to safety measures, report incidents, and assess alignment during training.
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