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Anthropic CEO Urges Pause in AI Development to Prevent Internet Risks

By Tech Desk · 2026-09-12 · Updated 2026-09-12 19:31 UTC
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Anthropic's CEO is calling for an industry-wide slowdown in AI development to implement safety safeguards, proposing a framework that involves external oversight and international cooperation to prevent unchecked technological risks.

  • According to GN technics/ai (en-US), Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has detailed a three-pronged strategy that includes granting external evaluators employee-like access to safety oversight and urging democratic governments to pressure authoritarian regimes like China to ban dangerous AI applications.

    Source: The Hill

  • The head of Anthropic argues that the industry is moving too fast, warning that uncontrolled AI agents could cause massive global damage within a year.

    Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Based on reporting by San Francisco Chronicle and The Hill, compiled by the Tradingbird desk.

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