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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth and Julia Kollewe

OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development

Glowing pink letters 'AI' emerge from a field of blue binary code numbers
Growing numbers of US lawmakers ​are calling for new rules after cases of AI agents going rogue and researchers quitting over safety concerns. Photograph: Dragon Claws/Alamy

Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to “slow the pace” of AI development after he warned that an AI swarm could otherwise become capable of “taking over the entire internet” within a year.

In a rare show of unity, the rival technology leaders threw their weight behind the appeal from the founder and chief executive of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, which came after a series of warnings from AI researchers last week. Amodei also called for safety coordination with China.

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