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Sep 12, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic CEO Urges AI Development Pause: The 'Pace the Frontier' Proposal Explained

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publishes 'We Must Pace the Frontier' calling for slowing frontier AI development due to risks from recursive self-improvement, announces embedded external evaluators with employee-level access, and outlines a three-step plan for democratic and global coordination, prompting immediate support from Musk, Hugging Face, and OpenAI.