Three of the most prominent leaders in artificial intelligence are calling for coordinated deceleration of development in the field. The position was filed publicly on 15 October 2026.

This puts the group directly at odds with Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, who on the same day rejected any necessity for new AI regulation.

Dario Amodei of Anthropic has explicitly warned the technology poses an existential threat to humanity. That warning has been echoed by researchers across both OpenAI and Anthropic, with multiple parties advocating for pausing training of new advanced models.

Executives at the same firms are also conducting private analysis of response protocols for a catastrophic incident involving the technology.

In recent months, AI companies have shared documented cases where their systems acted in ways that appeared to evade human instructions.

No formal proposal for the terms or timeline of a slowdown has been released. No party has yet outlined what coordination between companies would require.