Sam Altman backs Dario's frontier pacing call, pledges independent evaluators with employee-like access
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-09-14
- Sam Altman responded to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's "pace the frontier" argument, saying he agrees frontier development needs pacing and that it has been a primary internal discussion topic at OpenAI in recent weeks.
- He committed to OpenAI adopting independent evaluators with employee-like access to frontier models — mirroring Anthropic's approach — with more details to come.
- The exchange is being read as a "race to the top" on safety transparency between the two leading labs.
Related event: Amodei, Altman and Musk Rally Behind Slowing Frontier AI Development(20 posts)→
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