Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is in the news because he is calling for AI development to slow down and outlining a plan to “pace the frontier.” His essay puts the speed of AI development and adherence to safety commitments at the center of the discussion. The coverage focuses on both his argument for slowing down and the practical question of what that approach would involve.
One concrete step is to give third-party evaluators, including METR, access to Anthropic’s models. That access is intended to help assess the company’s adherence to safety practices and commitments. The main issue is how Amodei’s call for a slower pace would translate into action: outside evaluation is part of the plan, while the broader meaning of “pacing the frontier” is itself a focus of the reporting.
