AI Safety Is Back in the Headlines. This Time, It's Coming From the Top.
AI Safety Is Back in the Headlines. This Time, It's Coming From the Top. The Anthropic CEO just did something unusual for a founder in the middle of an AI arms race. He asked the industry to slow down. His own words: "we must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models." Progress, he says, will still feel fast. We just need to actually use the time we buy ourselves, instead of racing blind. What made this moment different wasn't just the statement. It was who agreed with it. When Rivals Agree, Pay Attention Sam Altman, the founder of ChatGPT and arguably Anthropic's biggest rival, backed the idea almost immediately, saying he agreed the industry needs to "pace the frontier" and that OpenAI would match Anthropic's commitment. Elon Musk, never one to hold back an opinion, simply said: "Dario is right." Three people who compete for the same customers, the same investors, and the same headlines, agreeing on something. That ...