In his essay 'We Must Pace the Frontier,' Amodei proposed
third-party evaluators with permanent system access amid rapid AI advances from
recursive self-improvement.
China’s Global Times dismissed it as a U.S. ploy to curb Beijing’s progress and maintain hegemony, calling it a 'silent AI Cold War.'
Markets tumbled with SoftBank shares dropping over 10%, while skeptics like investor Michael Burry labeled the safety push as hype ahead of IPOs, and figures like Trump and Zuckerberg pushed for faster development.