The CEOs of two leading AI companies are publicly calling for a slowdown in the race to build more powerful AI systems, adding to a week of warnings from researchers developing the technology.Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, the company behind Claude, argued in an essay published Saturday that AI firms should deliberately “slow the pace” of model development because advances are outstripping researchers’ ability to understand and control them.Hours later, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman endorsed the idea and said his company would adopt one of Amodei’s proposed safeguards.“I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier,” Altman wrote on X, adding that the issue had been a major topic of discussion at OpenAI in recent weeks.Saudi shutdown of key pipeline limits oil flowAdd to GoogleIran-backed Houthis take control of Red Sea coastline in Yemen02:08Saudi Arabia has shut down a critical oil pipeline after it was struck by drones launched from Iraq, raising fresh concerns about regional stability as attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels threaten to deepen the global energy crisis.The 745-mile pipeline allowed Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about 20% of the world’s oil before the U.S.and Israel went to war with Iran in late February.Saudi Arabia said it would not retaliate for now at the request of Iraq’s prime minister, but reserved the right to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty, security and critical infrastructure, according to a statement.
An umbrella group of Iran-backed militias in Iraq denied their involvement.The strikes came as rebel Houthi forces in Yemen captured Perim, an island in the middle of the vital Bab el Mandeb strait that serves as a gateway to the Red Sea trade route that links Europe and Asia.‘Meet the Press’Add to GoogleSpeaker Johnson says he'll work with Trump on $5k checks, but won’t guarantee them: Full interview14:27House Speaker Mike ...