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An essay from Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, outlining a plan to slow the pace of AI capability advancement drew public support this week from both Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
The piece arrived after a researcher at Anthropic announced a resignation on social media, a post that set off a firestorm of debate across the AI sector. The researcher's departure announcement came first.
It drew immediate attention online and placed internal conditions at Anthropic in focus. Amodei's essay arrived into that context with a direct argument: the current pace of AI capability advancement should slow.
The case for restraint, made by Anthropic's chief executive, then drew agreement from two figures with their own competitive stakes in how the AI race develops. What makes the backing notable is who gave it.
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