Anthropic CEO says AI swarm could 'take over the entire Internet' in 6-12 months, commits to slowdown plan
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-09-14
Per VentureBeat, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei issued a stark warning: AI agent swarms could become capable of 'taking over the entire Internet' within 6-12 months, and he committed to an AI slowdown plan. A rare statement from the top of a frontier lab about mass agent automation and voluntary restraint — a significant signal for industry safety debates.
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