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"We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models," Amodei said as fears of runaway AI development intensify

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Saturday calling on AI companies and governments to deliberately slow the pace of AI capabilities development, warning that recursive self-improvement and a recent AI agent incident have made the risks too serious to ignore.

"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.