--- title: "‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown" slug: "anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-fordert-ein-langsameres-tempo-bei-ai" date: 2026-09-12 category: tech-pub tags: [openai, anthropic, agents, ai-safety] language: en sources_count: 3 featured: false publisher: AInauten News url: https://news.ainauten.com/en/story/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-fordert-ein-langsameres-tempo-bei-ai --- # ‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown **Published**: 2026-09-12 | **Category**: tech-pub | **Sources**: 3 --- ## TL;DR In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “unilaterally” commit to the first of the steps. --- ## Summary In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “unilaterally” commit to the first of the steps. In a post on social media, Dario Amodei shared a link to an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier in which he lays out how Anthropic would provide “third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training”. Continue reading... --- ## Why it matters In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “unilaterally” commit to the first of the steps. In a post on social media, Dario Amodei shared a link to an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier in which he lays out how Anthropic would provide “third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training”. --- ## Key Points - In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI --- ## Nauti's Take A lab handing outside evaluators permanent, employee level access to its systems would be real transparency, and that is an opportunity the whole industry could copy. The risk sits in the unilateral part: if OpenAI, Google and the Chinese labs stay out, Anthropic slows itself down while the overall pace stays the same. For users this changes little today, for regulators it is a workable blueprint. --- ## FAQ **Q:** What is ‘We must slow the pace’ about? **A:** In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “unilaterally” commit to the first of the steps. **Q:** Why does it matter? **A:** In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI **Q:** What are the key takeaways? **A:** See summary above. --- ## Related Topics - [openai](https://news.ainauten.com/en/tag/openai) - [anthropic](https://news.ainauten.com/en/tag/anthropic) - [agents](https://news.ainauten.com/en/tag/agents) - [ai-safety](https://news.ainauten.com/en/tag/ai-safety) --- ## Sources - [Anthropic CEO calls for immediate slowdown in AI development](https://www.axios.com/2026/09/12/anthropic-ai-amodei-pacing) - Axios AI - [‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/we-must-slow-the-pace-ceo-of-anthropic-calls-for-an-ai-slowdown) - The Guardian AI - [Anthropic CEO calls for the AI industry to slow down](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/12/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-calls-ai-industry-slow-down/) - Washington Post Tech --- ## About This Article This article is a synthesis of 3 sources, curated and summarized by AInauten News. We aggregate AI news from trusted sources and provide bilingual (German/English) coverage. **Publisher**: [AInauten](https://www.ainauten.com) | **Site**: [news.ainauten.com](https://news.ainauten.com) --- *Last Updated: 2026-09-12*