Rivals Altman and Musk rally behind Amodei's call for an AI slowdown - AFR

Technology AI Print article Tim Bradshaw and George Hammond Sep 13, 2026 – 8.01am London/San Francisco | Sam Altman and Elon Musk have rallied behind a call from Anthropic’s Dario Amodei to slow the development of artificial intelligence after a week of dramatic warnings by researchers thrust the debate over AI safety into the mainstream. In an essay published on Saturday, Amodei said the tech industry “must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models”, after the speed of development became “drastically faster” this northern summer. Loading... Financial Times Save Log in or Subscribe to save article Share Copy link Copied Email LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Copy link Copied Share via... Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login Read More AI Elon Musk Anthropic Donald Trump OpenAI SpaceX China Fetching latest articles