Anthropic CEO says AI swarm could 'take over the Internet' in 6-12 months, commits to slowdown plan
pseudolus · hn · 2026-09-13
- Anthropic's CEO issued a stark warning that swarms of AI agents could 'take over the entire internet' within 6-12 months, highlighting systemic risks from large-scale autonomous agent activity.
- He also committed to an AI slowdown plan, arguing safety and governance should catch up before capabilities advance further.
- The comments, covered by VentureBeat, add to a growing chorus of frontier lab leaders calling for more caution on agentic AI.
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