Sam Altman backs Dario's 'pace the frontier' call, commits to independent evaluators
round · x · 2026-09-13
Sam Altman said he agrees with Dario Amodei's call to pace the frontier, calling it a primary topic of internal OpenAI discussions in recent weeks. He committed to granting independent evaluators employee-like model access and promised more details soon — a rare public alignment between the heads of two frontier labs on frontier governance.
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