Leading AI Chiefs Back Slower Pace for Advanced AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis and SpaceX head Elon Musk have loosely agreed to slow AI development to 'pace the frontier.' The understanding shows partial support for Amodei's September 2026 proposal for independent auditors, U.S. lab rules and an international slowdown pact.