Anthropic CEO Calls For Slower AI Race As Safety Concerns Intensify

(MENAFN- Bangladesh Monitor) New York: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged the artificial intelligence industry to moderate the pace of development, warning that safety systems may not advance quickly enough to control increasingly capable AI.

Amodei said in a post that AI could, within six to 12 months, become capable of directing large networks of autonomous agents across the internet. He argued that even a one- or two-year delay in reaching more advanced capabilities could provide valuable time to strengthen safeguards and alignment research.

His comments come amid growing concern among AI researchers and employees over the risks associated with increasingly autonomous systems. Several industry workers have recently resigned, citing concerns that companies are prioritizing competition in the race toward advanced AI.

Amodei proposed that major AI developers give independent safety teams ongoing access to their operations so researchers can monitor how frontier systems are developed and tested. Anthropic plans to adopt the approach internally, he said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company would also commit to the independent evaluator proposal and said the company was prioritizing safety work before considering a stock market debut.

Amodei acknowledged that stronger safeguards would require cooperation among technology companies and governments, including coordination across countries with different political systems.

Despite his concerns, he said AI could deliver major benefits, including advances in medicine, if its development remains subject to effective oversight and control.

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