Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development

AITopTools Editorial TeamSeptember 12, 2026

What changed

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has outlined a plan to slow the pace of frontier AI development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears to share the view that the industry should “pace the frontier,” though the feed does not specify how the plan would work.

What this means for you

This is a proposal about the direction of AI development, not a new product or feature people can use today. If adopted, it could affect how quickly leading AI systems are developed and released.

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