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Godfather of AI welcomes pause in development - ABC listen

AnnouncementPolicySep 13, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for a global slowdown in AI development, stating the risks are "serious" and that companies and governments need more time to address them. His remarks follow the resignation of an Anthropic AI researcher who warned that company employees believed AI could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade. The segment features Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel prize-winning computer scientist known as the "Godfather of AI," produced by Pip Cook.

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