Altman backs 'pacing the frontier', OpenAI to grant independent evaluators employee-like access
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-09-13
- Sam Altman publicly agreed with Dario Amodei on the need to pace the frontier, saying it's been a primary topic of internal OpenAI discussions in recent weeks.
- He endorsed committing to independent evaluators with employee-like access and said OpenAI will do the same, with more to share soon.
- Anthropic's w01fe called the commitment a great first step toward robust safety, transparency, democratic risk decisions, and foundations for pacing.
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