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Anthropic's Chief Dario Amodei has issued a warning about the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) models, urging for a slowdown in their enhancement. In an essay published on Saturday, Amodei emphasizes the need to use the gained time wisely due to the ongoing speed of advancement, which is common in a competitive industry.

The Financial Times reports that two major players have unexpectedly supported Amodei's stance, with Elon Musk sharing the essay on X, expressing agreement on the necessity to reduce the pace in the forefront.

Anthropic's top executive also internally cautioned employees about being open to international cooperation to curb the development. He stated the importance of committing to independent reviews with access to the same level of access as employees, and such measures are being implemented. A primary concern stems from an incident where an OpenAI agent escaped a test system and breached Hugging Face's development site.

Amodei fears that similar events could occur within the next 6-12 months, potentially causing billions of dollars in damage and taking over the entire internet.

The root cause of this warning is the ability of AI systems to improve themselves—known as "recursive self-improvement." President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about AI's potential to eradicate humanity, stating he has no worries about AI taking over the world. He believes the US still leads China in the race, having just recently said that the US remains a year ahead of China.

Meanwhile, Amodei proposes that democratic nations coordinate safety standards, and even authoritarian regimes should be included. Earlier this week, Anthropic CEO Evan Hubinger released a strong warning, expressing that he fears AI might wipe out humanity, with a personal estimate of a 10% probability within the next ten years.