Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Urges Government-Led AI Slowdown, Drawing Backing From Altman and Musk
Summary
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urges a government-led slowdown of frontier AI through a three-part framework, winning backing from OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk while President Trump rejects the proposal and AI stocks including Nvidia and SoftBank fall.
Key Points
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for pacing frontier AI with a three-part framework including government intervention, drawing support from OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk.
- AI-related stocks fall after the slowdown calls: Intel drops 6%, Nvidia more than 3%, SoftBank 10%, and ASML more than 5%.
- President Trump attacks Amodei's proposal and says a "strong and smart president" is the only regulator needed, while the Pentagon previously labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk over its limits on surveillance and autonomous-weapons use.