What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/STK202_DARIO_AMODEI_CVIRGINIA_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dario Amodei kicked off a flood of statements over the past few days about AI safety by publishing a long essay titled <a href="https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier">"We Must Pace the Frontier"</a> detailing why AI development should be slowed down. Other AI leaders and politicians are speaking out in favor of or opposing his points, and we've compiled some of them here.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei</strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amodei's Saturday morning essay outlined three steps for pacing AI development: embedded third-party evaluators that can verify if a company is adhering to safety practices and commitments and report incidents, coordination between frontier AI companies in democratic countries on standards and li …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/995141/ai-executives-politicians-safety-regulation-anthropic-dario-amodei">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>