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.

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Brett Neely

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

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Elissa Nadworny

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

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