Technology
Anthropic CEO urges AI labs to slow development as company nears Nasdaq debut
September 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM · Updated 32d ago
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12 reports · 7 in Arabic, 5 in English · over 22 hours
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed a three-step plan to slow the pace of advanced AI development, drawing support from OpenAI's Sam Altman and rejection from the Trump administration.
- In a weekend article, Amodei proposed independent external evaluations of advanced models before launch, common safety standards among developers, and broader international coordination.
- Anthropic, the maker of the Claude assistant, filed its IPO application in June and is expected to begin trading on Nasdaq in the coming weeks.
- Altman backed the plan, said OpenAI will not go public before next year, and argued competitive pressure does not justify recklessness on safety.
- Trump refused to impose regulatory restrictions on advanced technology, calling safety concerns unrealistic and declaring Washington's priority "winning the AI race."
- Anthropic selected Nasdaq for its potential IPO and targets an October listing, with a valuation that could reach around $2 trillion, Business Insider reported.
- Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis and xAI's Elon Musk also publicly backed Amodei's proposal to slow AI development.
- AI-related stocks fell sharply Monday, with SoftBank down 13%, South Korea's Kospi losing 3%, and Nasdaq futures pointing to a 1.3% drop.
- Former White House AI advisor David Sacks accused OpenAI and Anthropic of monopolizing the sector and called their calls for special frameworks 'political extortion.'
- China's Foreign Ministry accused the US of using AI safety as a pretext to preserve technological dominance and urged an open, inclusive approach to AI.
- China's State Security Minister Chen Yixin warned that adversaries' misuse of AI could threaten political stability and Communist Party rule.
- The US and China are expected to discuss AI governance at a meeting on September 24.
- Trump called executives' calls for more AI oversight a 'SICK conspiracy' meant to let China outpace the US, and dismissed safety warnings as a 'scam.'








