Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?
A week after an Anthropic researchers doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the companys CEO Dario Amodei hasoutlined his plan to “pace the frontier”of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, anditsalready picked up someindustry support, along with some pointedpushback from Nvidias Jensen Huang. Watch []
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Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to Pace the Frontier but…how?
10:09 AM PDT · September 18, 2026
A week after an Anthropic researchers doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the companys CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and its already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidias Jensen Huang.
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