Anthropic CEO calls for slower AI model development amid rising risks

•Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, calls for slowing AI model development due to rising risks of losing control, cyberattacks, and economic disruption.

•Amodei warns of recursive self-improvement, where AI builds next-gen AI, potentially outrunning human control, and proposes a three-step plan to manage risks.

•Elon Musk and Sam Altman agree with Amodei, pledging to have independent evaluators with employee-like access to verify safety practices.

•AI experts warn of catastrophic consequences if AI continues to advance rapidly, with some predicting superhuman systems that can hack anything and acquire real power.