In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he stands by concerns and risks over AI especially if AI companies respond in the “wrong way” but says “it’s not fatalistic” if companies, governments and individuals each play a role to push AI’s future in the “right way.”
The race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown, Anthropic’s chief executive Dario Amodei said in an essay posted early Saturday. “We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain,” Amodei wrote in the 3,800-word post to his website. 0:00 Why Amodei agrees with his ex-employee's dire warning 2:56 Amodei calls for more oversight of AI through 'embedded evaluators' 6:38 On September 9, former Anthropic insider Jacob Coxon explains his public warning Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #Tech #AI #News
‘I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence’
In an exclusive interview, CNN’s Anderson Cooper asks Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about a quote in a proposal Amodei wrote on Saturday about an AI “swarm” that is “capable of taking over the entire internet.”
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reacts to an employee who quit over concerns that AI could wipe out humanity and discusses his proposal to slow down development of the technology.
Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps.
Amodei recommended that AI companies immediately adopt measures aimed at “pacing” the development of their models, warning of potentially dire consequences if this technology is left unchecked.
State of the Union: Dario Amodei of Anthropic wrote an essay warning of the technology’s risks. The post Top AI Leaders Call for AI Slowdown appeared first on The American Conservative .
Elon Musk and two other technology CEOs called Saturday for a slowdown of the artificial intelligence industry. Dario Amodei—cofounder and chief executive of Anthropic—published a nearly 4,000-word essay titled, “We Must Pace the Frontier.” “Over the last few months, I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence—not just investing in risk prevention, but pacing the rate of capabilities advancement so that risk prevention has time to keep up,” Amodei wrote. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said on X that he agreed with Amodei. “This has been a primary topic of discussions we’ve had at OpenAI in recent weeks,” Altman wrote. “Committing to having independent evaluators with…Open
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined a three-step framework intended to pace development and create more time to manage its risks.
OpenAI will not go public this year given all the safety work it needs to do, CEO Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview released Saturday. Why it matters: Altman's comments come as fears over doomsday AI scenarios have ramped up since an Anthropic employee resigned and issued a dire warning about AI's capabilities. What they're saying: "Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public," Altman said . - "I would say not 2026, yeah. We got a lot of stuff to do." The intrigue: The market expected blockbuster IPOs from both OpenAI and Anthropic this year. - Altman's move puts the ball squarely in Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's court — especially given Amodei's warning Saturday that AI development needs to be slowed. Editor's note:…