Anthropic is calling for a global slowdown or temporary pause in advanced artificial intelligence development. The AI safety firm warned that systems are approaching recursive self-improvement, where technology enhances itself without human oversight. This shift could result in humans losing control of the technology sooner than anticipated.
The company argues a pause is necessary to allow safety research and societal structures to catch up with technological progress. Any effective slowdown requires a verifiable global agreement among major labs and nations, comparable to nuclear arms control treaties. Anthropic plans to convene policymakers and researchers to discuss implementing such a framework.