Prof G Markets · Friday, September 18, 2026

Anthropic CEO Calls for Slowdown in AI Development Amid Existential Fears

In response to escalating concerns about AI's potential risks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay advocating for a slowdown in AI model development. This call for caution has been met with agreement from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who also announced that OpenAI will not go public this year.

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“Then over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling for the industry to slow down the development of AI models.”

“Sam Altman said he agreed with Amodei and added that Open AI will not be going public this year.”

Heard on Prof G Markets — “He Warned AI Could Destroy Us. Now The Industry Is Listening — ft. Nick Bostrom”, published Friday, September 18, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.

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