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Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers

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Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to slow the pace" of AI development after he warned that an AI swarm could otherwise become capable of taking over the entire internet" within a year.

In a rare show of unity, the rival technology leaders threw their weight behind the appeal from the founder and chief executive of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, which came after a series of warnings from AI researchers last week. Amodei also called for safety coordination with China.