Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares slipped on Sept. 14 following mounting debate and high-profile expert warnings calling for a potential slowdown in rapid artificial intelligence (AI) model development. Anthropic top executive Dario Amodei started the debate in his essay “We Must Pace the Frontier,” warning that unmonitored recursive AI model development could outpace human safety controls within six to 12 months.
Responding to his call, CEO Sam Altman committed OpenAI to independent safety evaluators, and billionaire Elon Musk also agreed that the industry must slow down to avoid catastrophic missteps.