Altman backs Amodei's 'pace the frontier' essay; OpenAI to grant independent evaluators employee-level access
sama · x · 2026-09-13
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly endorsed Dario Amodei's new essay 'We Must Pace the Frontier,' calling frontier pacing a primary internal discussion topic at OpenAI in recent weeks.
- Amodei's essay lays out a three-part plan for slowing down, with Anthropic unilaterally committing to the first: permanent employee-level access for third-party evaluators to verify safety measures, report incidents, and assess alignment during training.
- Altman says OpenAI will make the same commitment to independent evaluators, with more details to come.
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