Anthropic, OpenAI CEOs call to pace the AI frontier

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for the industry to 'pace the frontier,' with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk voicing support. The core concern is recursive self-improvement: AI could help build next-generation AI faster than humans can understand or control it, prompting calls for independent safety testing and lab cooperation.

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