AI Leaders Unveil Three‑Step Plan to Slow Development, Gain Broad Support

At the start of the week, AI executives appeared tentatively in favor of tighter oversight. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined a three‑step strategy: first, embed independent evaluators inside AI labs; second, coordinate safety efforts across the domestic industry; third, pursue international agreements with possible government backing. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind co‑founder Demis Hassabis, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk publicly signaled agreement on each of these elements. Anthropic and OpenAI had already hinted that their labs, along with others, were developing related safety mechanisms. The collective endorsement signals a shift toward collaborative regulation, though the specifics of the proposed international framework remain to be detailed.