Anthropic CEO Urges AI Companies to Slow Model Development
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei asked AI companies on 12 September 2026 to slow the pace at which they improve model capabilities, and Reuters framed the call as coming amid fears over misuse. We compare that framing with the essay’s own words, set out the September threat intelligence report and Anthropic’s own incidents, list the pauses OpenAI and Anthropic have already taken, explain the antitrust problem with rivals agreeing to slow down, and show why the IPO money cuts the other way.