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Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to ‘slow the pace’ of AI development

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This editorial cartoon satirizes the irony of frontier AI lab leaders like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei calling for a slowdown in development while simultaneously racing to advance capabilities. It highlights the tension between industry-led safety advocacy and the commercial drive toward powerful AI systems that may pose catastrophic risks. While not a technical analysis, it reflects the growing public and political discourse surrounding the credibility of tech leaders in managing existential AI threats.

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