Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs Call for Slower AI Development, Rattling AI Stocks

TLDR

• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy essay calling for AI companies to slow model development to allow safety measures to catch up
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly agreed with Amodei’s position
• Amodei proposed a three-step framework including independent evaluators, industry coordination, and international cooperation
• Tech investor Jason Calacanis warned AI stocks could drop 10% or more on Monday morning
• Analysts like Dan Ives believe any market dip will be short-lived given the trillions being spent on AI infrastructure

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 3,800-word essay on Saturday calling on AI companies to slow the pace of model capability development. He said safety measures need more time to keep up with how fast AI is advancing. The essay quickly gained attention across the tech and investment world.

Amodei laid out a three-step plan. It includes embedded independent evaluators with employee-like access to AI firms, voluntary coordination among frontier AI companies to set safety standards, and international cooperation to manage risks.

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