Anthropic boss calls for AI slowdown after researcher’s superintelligence warning

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday called on artificial intelligence firms to slow down the development of the powerful technology, amid mounting worries over the risks of “superintelligent” computer systems. His comments came a few days after AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who left OpenAI to join Anthropic, decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of “gambling with our lives” in the race to develop models capable of self-improvement. “We must slow the pace at which we improve…