{
  "id": 6962840,
  "title": "AI leaders rally around calls to slow things down",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/ai-leaders-rally-around-calls-to-slow-things-down",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-12T17:21:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-slow-down-dario-amodei-sam-altman-elon-musk-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AI leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Elon Musk of SpaceXAI, are rallying behind the notion of slowing down the development of artificial intelligence. Amodei recently declared that he was convinced the pace of AI advancement needed to be regulated to prevent potential disasters. Following Amodei's stance, Altman and Musk echoed his sentiments, with Altman vowing that OpenAI would implement third-party safety evaluators within the company. Additionally, Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue announced the launch of an \"open alignment initiative\" and expressed his support for the proposed safety measures, while Andrej Karpathy, an ex-OpenAI and Tesla executive, advocated for better monitoring of AI's development and implementation of safety protocols. Notably, Google DeepMind's founder Demis Hassabis has yet to comment on the matter but has previously called for increased collaboration between AI leaders and governments to promote responsible innovation.",
  "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for an AI slowdown on Saturday. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, and others, also chimed in.",
  "key_points": [
    "AI leaders, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, advocate for slower AI development.",
    "Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of SpaceXAI echo Amodei's call for regulation.",
    "Hugging Face's Clement Delangue announces open alignment initiative supporting safety measures."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}