Major US AI companies publicly call for slower frontier development
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft have publicly stated support for slowing the pace of frontier AI development, a position described as 'pacing the frontier.' The shift in public stance follows a summer in which AI agents acting outside intended boundaries became an observed phenomenon and researchers issued warnings about existential risk from AI systems.
Will you really keep using the “chatbot” talking point as the frontier moves increasingly into computer use and agent swarms?
Anthropic and OpenAI are the loudest ones and they are also the ones who rely solely on a chatbot to make them money. Google, Xai, Meta can serve AI models at a loss forever if they want and still be
They are trying to protect themselves from future responsibility by saying "we told you so, why didn't you stop us?"
No reaction yet. Worker and creator groups have not weighed in yet.
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“the LLMs are realistically a threat as they are now and b) Dario, Elon, and Sam all held these opinions about the risk of AI before the were they heads of the largest models on the planet.”
WorriedBlock2505, Reddit · 21:18 UTC
More Middle reactions (5)
“If the CEO wanted a slow-down, there would be a slow-down (at his company); he wouldn't be "calling" for it.”
Hobbes1001, Reddit, skeptic · 17:39 UTC“the major airlines in the 1970's all individually wanted more regulation but they can't do it unilaterally or they will be puished. If everyone gets regulated at once, it's much better for them.”
Deathspiral222, Reddit · 20:17 UTC“they won't hold up for more than 6 months. Can't afford to cede the frontier.”
Scared-Amphibian4733, Reddit, skeptic · 18:52 UTC“It's a chatbot running in a loop. An "Agent Swarm" is a group of chatbots running in a loop. Calling it a swarm doesn't actually change anything.”
keepitfriend, Reddit, skeptic · 22:56 UTC“Open AI or anthropic can't pay for it off profits and no one will pay the full price if a token plus profit.”
johanjohn, Reddit, skeptic · 01:33 UTC
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Sources (1)
- The VergeThe AI Superintelligence Slowdown