AI czar David Sacks backs frontier labs slowing down — but slams cartel and METR independence claims
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-13
White House AI lead David Sacks responds to Dario Amodei's "pace the frontier" argument and Sam Altman's agreement: he supports slowing down if unreleased models are scary enough, noting OpenAI and Anthropic form a duopoly on frontier intelligence with a widening lead via recursive self-improvement. But he rails against what he sees as excuses — suspending antitrust law to form a cartel, regulatory approval superseding product liability, and METR's claimed independence despite its ties to Anthropic investors and staff.
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