PremiumMike IsaacNew York Times·13 Sep, 2026 05:24 AM3 mins to readDario Amodei called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3800-word essay, just days after one of the company's employees quit over concerns about the safety of the technology. Photo / Karsten Moran, The New York TimesAnthropic’s chief executive Dario Amodei has called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in an essay, just days after one of the company’s employees quit over concerns about the safety of the technology.
Top executives of other major artificial intelligence (AI) companies quickly signed on to the effort.
