Anthropic, an Artificial Intelligence company, has called for a coordinated global mechanism that would allow leading AI developers to slow down or temporarily pause the development of advanced AI systems if risks begin to outpace society’s ability to manage them.
The San Francisco-based company, known for its Claude family of AI models, warned that the rapid advancement of frontier AI could eventually lead to systems capable of improving themselves with limited human oversight.
Anthropic said such developments could arrive sooner than many governments, institutions, and regulators are prepared for, Reuters reported.
In a recent report and accompanying policy proposal, Anthropic argued that the world should have the option to temporarily slow AI progress to allow safety research, governance frameworks, and societal institutions to keep pace with technological advances.
The company stressed that any pause would need to be coordinated internationally, as unilateral action by a single company would likely prove ineffective if competitors continued developing increasingly powerful systems. Related News Nigerian factories spend N1.4trn on power in 2025 FIFA website glitch opens door to free World Cup tickets for fans 2027 Elections: Umo Eno says voters want solutions, not insults
