What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei triggered a week of heated reactions across Silicon Valley and Washington after publishing his September 2026 essay “We Must Pace the Frontier,” which argues frontier AI labs should deliberately slow capability gains and submit to independent, employee-level oversight inside their companies. What made the essay impossible to ignore was who backed […]
βWhatsCrack DeskEditorial teamSep 15, 2026 Β· 3 min read
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei triggered a week of heated reactions across Silicon Valley and Washington after publishing his September 2026 essay "We Must Pace the Frontier," which argues frontier AI labs should deliberately slow capability gains and submit to independent, employee-level oversight inside their companies.