Sam Altman publicly agrees with Dario on pacing the frontier, commits to independent evaluators with employee-like access
rand_longevity · x · 2026-09-13
Sam Altman publicly endorsed Dario Amodei's "pace the frontier" position, saying he agrees we need to pace frontier development and revealing it has been a primary topic of internal discussions at OpenAI in recent weeks. He also committed to adopting independent evaluators with employee-like access to models — "we will do the same" — and promised more details soon. A rare moment of public consensus between frontier lab CEOs, which observers noted is the first time they've agreed since 2021.
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