Nvidia and Anthropic CEOs Clash on AI Development Pace
Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei is calling for a slowdown in AI development following a recent safety incident involving a competing company. Speaking at Salesforce's Dreamforce convention on Tuesday, he used an automotive analogy to make his point: when a car company has a safety incident like brake failures, it's time for all companies to review their own practices.
Amodei is advocating for three courses of action: embedding third-party evaluators inside AI companies, coordinating safety standards among Democratic countries, and eventually larger global coordination. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang countered Amodei's call, saying 'Run as fast as you can.'
Huang argued that new regulations aren't necessary and suggested that AI companies should simply wait to release products until they know they are safe rather than begging the US government to intervene.
The debate comes amid growing concerns about AI safety, with warnings from Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher, who resigned with a public declaration that AI could lead to human extinction within the decade.