Top AI Executives Agree Development Should Slow Down

Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Demis Hassabis of DeepMind, Satya Nadella of Microsoft and Elon Musk of X have publicly agreed AI development — building more powerful systems — should slow before control is lost, according to a Sept. 16, 2026 Verge feature, 'A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation'.