Tim Bradshaw and George HammondSep 13, 2026 – 8.01amLondon/San Francisco | Sam Altman and Elon Musk have rallied behind a call from Anthropic’s Dario Amodei to slow AI’s development after a week of dramatic warnings by researchers thrust the debate over AI safety into the mainstream.In an essay published on Saturday, Amodei said the tech industry “must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models”, after the speed of development became “drastically faster” this northern summer.Financial TimesSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Rivals Altman and Musk rally behind Amodei’s call for an AI slowdown
In a rare display of consensus in an industry marked by fierce rivalries, the chiefs of OpenAI and SpaceX said they backed the Anthropic CEO’s proposals.
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Amodei chiede rallentamento AI capabilities con appoggio di Altman e Musk, dopo accelerazione drastica nell'estate 2026. Il rallentamento concordato tra competitor può modificare il timeline di release nuovi modelli; manager tech devono ricalibrare expectation su feature velocity.
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