OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, xAI chief Elon Musk and other technology leaders have since joined the discussion, as concerns over AI safety meet questions around the cost of building frontier models, the rise of open source AI, and the US-China AI race. ET’s Tanya Pandey tries to answer whether calls to pace development are genuinely about greater oversight or a cover for other motives.

In an interview with Fortune, OpenAI's CEO said the industry need to put egos and competition aside to address AI safety risks, and suggested a coordinated plan might be coming…

‘We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,’ says Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei said he is concerned that since this summer, AI has been ‘advancing drastically faster’.

The ChatGPT maker is prioritising safety as concerns grow over the pace of AI development