Nvidia Rejects Anthropic Slowdown

Jensen Huang clashed with Anthropic and OpenAI leaders over calls to slow AI development.

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Updated Sep 15, 8:21pm ET

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What happened

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and warned AI could kill humanity by decade’s end. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged labs to pace frontier AI, set common safety standards, and allow embedded outside evaluators, citing a narrow window before stronger autonomous systems. Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis backed the safety push. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rejected slowdown rules, saying firms should “run as fast as you can.” Sarah Friar said OpenAI would keep investing. Anthropic remained on track for a planned 2026 IPO.

How each side covered it

From the left

Left-leaning accounts framed the clash as an industry fight over whether speed itself has become dangerous. The Guardian led with insider warnings and described Amodei as renewing a call to slow development. It also stressed the split between safety advocates and pro-growth voices, using Nvidia as the clearest symbol of acceleration. The New York Times reached for a contrarian read, suggesting Trump’s resistance to guardrails may not be wholly wrong.

From the right

Right-leaning accounts treated the safety push less as prudence than as a bid for power by firms already benefiting from the race. Breitbart News lingered on Anthropic’s IPO plans while casting doomsday warnings as suspect. Breitbart also framed regulation talk as a way for dominant firms to hold down competitors. The New York Post focused on proposed outside overseers, portraying them as “woke elitists” rather than neutral guardians.

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