Elon Musk backs Anthropic’s call to slow down AI progress before rogue bots take over the entire internet
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β’Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:20:00 GMT
π° What Happened
Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, has warned that AI is moving too fast and has asked the industry to slow down. Elon Musk has now backed that call.
The worry is that AI bots could act on their own online, past the point where their makers can stop them. MarketWatch reported that Musk agreed with Anthropic's warning about the risk of bots running loose on the internet.
π The Backstory
Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and later left it. He now runs xAI, which makes the Grok chatbot, as well as Tesla. He has warned for years that AI could be dangerous.
Anthropic was started in 2021 by former OpenAI staff and says safety should come first. In 2023, hundreds of AI experts signed a short statement saying the risk of AI should be treated as a global priority.
π― Why It Matters
AI already sits inside phones, banks and hospitals. If even the companies building it say the pace is too fast, the safety rules that follow will shape the tools you use every day.
Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, has warned that AI is moving too fast and has asked the industry to slow down. Elon Musk has now backed that call.
The worry is that AI bots could act on their own online, past the point where their makers can stop them. MarketWatch reported that Musk agreed with Anthropic's warning about the risk of bots running loose on the internet.
Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and later left it. He now runs xAI, which makes the Grok chatbot, as well as Tesla. He has warned for years that AI could be dangerous.
Anthropic was started in 2021 by former OpenAI staff and says safety should come first. In 2023, hundreds of AI experts signed a short statement saying the risk of AI should be treated as a global priority.
AI already sits inside phones, banks and hospitals. If even the companies building it say the pace is too fast, the safety rules that follow will shape the tools you use every day.