The race to build ever-bigger artificial intelligence systems appears to be hitting its first real speed bump—from the people leading it. A CNN analysis suggests we've reached a "political watershed moment" as lawmakers figure out how, or whether, to step in. Things came to a head over the weekend when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei issued a public plea—read it in full here—for AI companies to voluntarily tap the brakes so safety work can catch up. Within hours, his call drew public support from OpenAI's Sam Altman, Google AI veteran Demis Hassabis, and Elon Musk. Behind the scenes, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have also been in quiet talks about creating an industry body to set safety standards for "frontier" AI models, reports the Washington Post, citing people familiar with the discussions.
That would mark a rare attempt to dial down competition in Silicon Valley's most lucrative arena, where the three firms together are valued at nearly $6 trillion. The idea is already colliding with politics: President Trump and other Republican leaders have warned against new AI rules that might slow US efforts relative to China. But industry critics such as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Rep. Greg Casar are calling for severe restrictions, as Politico previously reported. Altman, for his part, says speed should not excuse "recklessness," even as he and others keep warning of AI's potential to cause severe harm. Anthropic researchers are even worried that rogue AI might kill us all.
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