Anthropic CEO urges global slowdown in AI progress over safety fears

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slowing AI progress to avert safety risks, warning a rapid AI arms race could enable a botnet-style takeover of the internet within 6–12 months; he proposes external evaluators with employee-level access to safety procedures and urges global coordination on standards with democratic and authoritarian states, noting the surge of public debate following a high-profile rogue agent incident.
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