Dario Amodei proposes independent evaluators with employee-like frontier model access; Altman and Musk endorse
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-09-14
Per this post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slowing the pace of AI development and proposed giving independent evaluators permanent "employee-like" access to frontier models so outside experts can continuously monitor real capabilities and catch harms early. Sam Altman reportedly endorsed it and committed OpenAI to the same; Elon Musk voiced support too.
Author David Linthicum, a 64-year-old veteran of enterprise architecture, volunteers as an independent AI evaluator, arguing this is the first structural fix to the industry grading its own homework — real access, not press releases or canned demos. Details are as relayed by the author.
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