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Anthropic CEO renews call for AI slowdown as Nvidia’s urges acceleration

The Guardian Technology · 16 September 2026 at 01:21

Anthropic CEO renews call for AI slowdown as Nvidia’s urges acceleration

At San Francisco conference, OpenAI chief Sam Altman calls for more rigorous security measures Anthropic’s CEO took the stage at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday to reiterate his call for a slowdown of AI development, while Nvidia’s CEO argued against such deceleration.

Dario Amodei used an automotive analogy to make his point: when a competing car company has a safety incident like brake failures, it is a moment for all car companies to stop and review their own practices, he said at Salesforce’s Dreamforce convention on Tuesday.

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Anthropic CEO renews call for AI slowdown as Nvidia’s urges acceleration

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