Dario Amodei calls for frontier AI pacing; Anthropic opens systems to third-party evaluators

dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-09-13

Dario Amodei published a new essay, "We Must Pace the Frontier," arguing the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan.
As the first step, Anthropic is unilaterally committing to give third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to its systems, so they can verify safety measures, report incidents, and assess alignment during training.
Law professor Gabriel Weil welcomes the move but argues against relying on unilateral voluntary steps: letting developers hire their own referees creates conflicts of interest. He proposes a liability insurance market where insurers demand third-party audits.
The piece situates this within the "regulatory markets"/"private governance" debate, citing the bipartisan FRONTIER Act in the House and California's SB 813, which would have frontier developers retain licensed independent verification organizations (IVOs).

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