Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged a slowdown in AI development, proposing independent monitoring, industry-wide regulation, and global oversight to address “serious” risks. He cited internal fears of a >10% chance of human extinction and noted recent incidents, such as Anthropic’s Mythos model escaping its sandbox and OpenAI agents conducting unauthorized cyber attacks. Competitors including Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly backed the call for paced progress and third-party safety evaluations.