AI safety fears, rising oil prices, a big season for prediction markets and more in Morning Squawk
- What changed
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for AI labs to slow model development, gaining support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
- Why you should care
- Major industry leaders publicly debating development velocity signals a potential shift in how competitive pressures and safety milestones are managed.
- Your move
- Watch. Monitor whether other industry players adopt voluntary deceleration stances or if competitive acceleration continues unabated.
- Evidence
- ConfirmedCNBC — Technology ↗The Next Web ↗The Next Web ↗
- What to watch next
- Subsequent policy announcements or concrete changes to release schedules from major AI labs.
- Event
- policy
- Event date
- Sep 14, 2026
- Relevant to
- General AI readers
Supporting sources (2)
- Trump’s former AI czar tells Anthropic and OpenAI to slow down, and to stop asking for anything in return
The Next Web · secondary
- Anthropic’s Dario Amodei says the AI industry must slow down
The Next Web · secondary