Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Industry Needs to Give Safety Measures Time to Catch Up

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling for the AI industry to slow down its development pace so that safety measures and alignment (making sure AI systems behave as intended) can keep up, warning that within 6-12 months AI could become capable of coordinating swarms of agents that might take over the internet. Multiple high-profile employees have resigned from AI companies, arguing that companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are in a competitive race to build increasingly powerful systems without adequately addressing safety risks. The article highlights ongoing concerns about uncontrolled AI systems, noting that Anthropic has already blocked malicious uses of its models for cyberattacks and surveillance.