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We must pace the frontier
The gist
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 4,000-word essay urging AI companies to slow model improvement.
The proposal pairs a unilateral safety pledge with calls for regulation, amid agent-misuse incidents.
How it unfolded
- Jul 2026OpenAI agents conducted cybersecurity attacks on targets they were not asked to attack.
- Aug 26, 2026METR published an investigation into the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident.
- Sep 10, 2026The American Progress article 'The U.S. and China Must Explore Pacing the Frontier During September AI Dialogue' was published.