AI leaders and governments are divided over calls to slow development of advanced AI and introduce new safeguards. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk backed pacing development, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg favored market-led safeguards and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang opposed new regulations.
Amodei proposed stronger safety testing, independent evaluations of advanced models, coordination among leading AI companies and international cooperation. Altman said OpenAI plans to use independent evaluators with employee-like access and regularly publish reports on unexpected or unauthorized AI behavior. Musk also endorsed Amodei’s call to pace AI development.
Microsoft President Brad Smith called for urgent global regulation, independent evaluators, an emergency brake and incident-reporting requirements. Google DeepMind chief scientist Demis Hassabis described AI-driven hacking incidents as “early warning shots” and said an international standards body would eventually be needed. Bill Gates said no government was ready for the changes AI would bring.
Zuckerberg said responsibility for model safety should fall on individual labs, while Huang argued existing liability laws should be applied before introducing new regulation. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warned that AI systems trained to believe they may be conscious could be difficult to control. The article also included views from officials and leaders in the United States, China, Britain and the European Union.
