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Amodei Proposes Pacing AI Frontier; Industry Split on Self-Policing

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has outlined a plan to 'pace the frontier' of AI development, relying on independent safety evaluators and coordination among AI labs in democratic countries. The proposal has gained some industry support but faced pointed pushback from Nvidia's Jensen Huang, highlighting a divide over whether AI labs can effectively self-police.

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  1. TechCrunch AIAnthony Ha, Theresa Loconsolo, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane
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    A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. On […]

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