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Anthropic and OpenAI call for coordinated global AI development pause
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Anthropic and OpenAI have called for a coordinated global pause on AI development in recent posts, citing the need for universal agreement on methods to slow progress. The calls come as leading AI companies approach recursive self-improvement capabilities, with safety experts arguing a verifiable pause is necessary until safety guarantees are established.
- Anthropic and OpenAI both mentioned development slowdown possibilities in June 2026 'what comes next' posts
- Proposed pause requires coordination across the entire world using methods not yet identified
- Yoshua Bengio argues pause is needed if companies approach recursive self-improvement
- Pause framed as necessary until safety guarantees are developed and demonstrated
- Experts cite major AI risks as justification for coordinated, verifiable action
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Both Anthropic and OpenAI mention the possibilities of slowing AI development in their latest "what comes next" in AI posts, but say they need to be an action coordinated across the entire world using as-yet-unidentified methods.
If leading AI companies are indeed approaching the point of recursive self-improvement, a coordinated, verifiable, and universally applied pause is probably the only responsible solution to mitigate several major AI risks; at least until s…