Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to slow the development of artificial intelligence received support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI owner Elon Musk. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, argued that labs do not need a joint agreement to slow down. According to Zuckerberg, user risks, legal liabilities and the possibility of losing trust already encourage companies to develop their models safely and invest in safety and alignment. Zuckerberg said Meta had delayed the release of its Muse model by several months for safety and security reasons, adding that the company did not expect others to take the same step. Meta also allocates most of its computing power to products that users will benefit from, rather than to artificial intelligence recursively improving itself (RSI). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang also argues that companies should take responsibility under existing rules instead of introducing new regulations. Thus, Amodei, Altman and Musk favor a cautious slowdown, while Zuckerberg and Huang emphasize corporate responsibility and market pressure.
Why it matters
At the heart of the debate is whether artificial intelligence safety should be achieved through industry-wide coordination or through each company’s own assessment of risks and responsibilities. While the collective slowdown approach requires companies to act together, Meta’s position leaves safety decisions to company-specific pressures such as legal liability, risks to users and loss of trust. This distinction directly affects model development timelines and how computing power is allocated among safety, alignment, self-improvement or user products. Although Muse’s delay shows that internal safety checks can postpone a release, the fact that other labs are not expected to take the same step reveals that no common approach has emerged. The question that remains open is whether existing rules and market pressure can ensure a consistent level of safety across different companies.
Background
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