Anthropic CEO renews call for AI slowdown as Nvidia’s urges acceleration

At a Salesforce conference in San Francisco, Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei renewed his call for a slowdown in AI development, while Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang argued against deceleration. Amodei compared the situation to a car company experiencing safety issues, suggesting that all companies should review their practices when such incidents occur.

Nvidia's Huang countered that companies should progress as rapidly as possible. Amodei proposed three potential actions: third-party evaluators within AI companies, coordinating safety standards among Democratic countries, and eventual global coordination. Both CEOs recently joined a growing chorus of voices advocating for a slowdown in AI development, following warnings from former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon who resigned with concerns that AI could lead to humanity's extinction within a decade.

Nvidia's Huang dismissed the call for a slowdown, stating that regulations were unnecessary and urging companies to wait to release products until they are safe. Altman, who previously agreed with Amodei's stance, expressed disappointment with the framing of the argument and emphasized the need for companies to prepare for a wave of cyber-attacks as AI models become more advanced.