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AI CEOs call for industry slowdown

NPR | By Shannon Bond,

Brett Neely, Elissa Nadworny

Published September 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM CDT

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are joining calls for a slowdown amid fears the AI industry is racing toward building technology that humans can't control.

Shannon Bond

Shannon Bond is a correspondent at NPR, covering how misleading narratives and false claims circulate online and offline, and their impact on society and democracy.

Brett Neely

Brett Neely is the supervising editor of NPR's disinformation reporting team.

Elissa Nadworny

Elissa Nadworny is an NPR Correspondent covering higher education. She previously covered reproductive rights and abortion.