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).
Related event: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for Slowing Frontier AI Development(203 posts)→
More from Companies & People
- The IT skills shortage is really a complexity crisis in disguise — DavidLinthicum · 2026-10-31
- OpenAI's Sam Altman says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — _BlackDove · 2026-10-31
- "The moat is obviously Anthropic's": investor weighs in on SpaceX–Anthropic deal economics — firstadopter · 2026-10-31
- Kai-Fu Lee's 'AI Native' ships Nov 3 with endorsement from Satya Nadella — kaifulee · 2026-10-31
- LangChain SF meetup: decision models and a third path for agent evals — LangChain · 2026-10-31
- Lux Capital hosts closed-door dinner on AI infra, agents and security with Cognition and Modal — graceisford · 2026-10-31