The AI regulation smackdown isn't over: Amodei's slowdown plan splits AI CEOs
haydenfield · x · 2026-09-20
The Verge's Hayden Field charts this week's shifting AI regulation battle:
- Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a three-step plan to slow AI development: embedding third-party evaluators in labs, coordinating across the domestic industry, and forging international agreements, potentially with government help
- Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and even Elon Musk publicly seemed to agree with aspects of the plan; Anthropic and OpenAI had hinted labs were working on an industry framework
- Supporting regulation looked like both good PR and a way to manage fallout from increasingly concerning hacking incidents
- Government involvement is a non-starter for now: the Trump administration calls the AI safety crisis a "hoax," and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg quickly came out against limiting companies' autonomy, leaving the industry deeply divided
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