'It would be good for the world' to slow down AI sprints, Anthropic says
05-06-2026 01:46 via theregister.com

'It would be good for the world' to slow down AI sprints, Anthropic says

It would be “good for the world” to slow down the pace of AI development, according to a blog post from Anthropic, which this week began the process of going public with a confidential IPO filing. “We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology,” stated a blog post written by Anthropic co-founder (and former
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