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Anthropic CEO Calls for Rapid Frontier AI Slowdown

By Drooid · Sep 16, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Jacob Coxon resigned as Anthropic safety researcher and warned AI could kill humanity by decade’s end.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a rapid slowdown of frontier AI development in a blog post.
Sam Altman of OpenAI said humans could lose control of AI without immediate safeguards.
Anthropic raised over $130 billion and plans a NASDAQ IPO as early as next month.

History

Historical Context

In March 2016 AlphaGo, DeepMind’s Go program, defeated world champion Lee Sedol 4-1, proving AI could master a task experts said was a decade away. The shock prompted scholars like Stuart Russell and Stephen Hawking to warn of unchecked progress, and today Anthropic’s Jacob Coxon resignation and CEO Dario Amodei’s slowdown plea show the industry’s push for safety safeguards.

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Story summary

Jacob Coxon resigned as Anthropic safety researcher and warned AI could kill humanity by decade’s end.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a rapid slowdown of frontier AI development in a blog post.
Sam Altman of OpenAI said humans could lose control of AI without immediate safeguards.
Anthropic raised over $130 billion and plans a NASDAQ IPO as early as next month.

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