The CEO of Anthropic has called for slowing down, or “pacing,” the speed of AI development, warning of recent incidents that have caused alarm that the technology will get out of control and act on its own. Earlier, a former Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, posted a series of messages on X announcing his resignation and warning that AI could pose an existential risk to humanity. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The CEO of Anthropic has called for slowing down, or “pacing,” the speed of AI development, warning of recent incidents that have caused alarm that the technology will get out of control and act on its own. In an essay posted to his website, CEO Dario Amodei s...S1

• Earlier, a former Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, posted a series of messages on X announcing his resignation and warning that AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.S2