Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier' but

Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to 'Pace the Frontier' but…how? | TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, and more take over 6 industry stages. 25% off tickets now Back by popular demand: Save up to $300 on Disrupt Close AI Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how? Theresa Loconsolo 10:09 AM PDT · September 18, 2026 34 min Loading the player… A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support , along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang . Watch as Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into whether companies can agree on what slowing down means and who gets to police it. Plus, WordPress parent Automattic’s boardroom coup , and a couple of the week’s biggest deals. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube , Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads , at @EquityPod. Topics AI , ai safety , Anthropic , nvidia Theresa Loconsolo Audio Producer Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University. You can contact or verify outreach from Theresa by emailing [email protected] . View Bio October 13 – 15 San Francisco Last day to book an exhibit table is September 18. Don’t miss out on high-impact leads, investor access, and a brand spotlight in Disrupt’s Expo Hall. BOOK NOW Most Popular OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior Rebecca Bellan Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal Rebecca Bellan Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel Tim De Chant Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too Connie Loizos The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs Marina Temkin Dominic-Madori Davis Tesla says it will finally unveil the second-generation Roadster on October 1 Anthony Ha Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests Jagmeet Singh Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news TechCrunch Daily News Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage. TechCrunch AI TechCrunch's AI experts cover the latest news in the fast-moving field. TechCrunch Space Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace. Startups Weekly Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. No newsletters selected. Subscribe By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . Related AI Is the AI safety debate about safety or control? Lucas Ropek 21 hours ago AI Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers Tim De Chant 1 day ago AI Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent? Rebecca Bellan 2 days ago