# Amodei, Altman and Musk back an AI “slowdown” — the essay says that is not a training halt and no law can force the rest
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/2e7b366f
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/2e7b366f.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-09-13 · read 2026-09-13

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscurePatentDangers/comments/1wfa2uv/

*A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.*

## Who is named (17)

- [Washington](https://truthscore.com/entity/0c16599b)
- [ChatGPT](https://truthscore.com/entity/130ea5b2)
- [Elon Musk](https://truthscore.com/entity/1a724e65)
- [We Must Pace the Frontier](https://truthscore.com/entity/2ba6d7d8)
- [Claude](https://truthscore.com/entity/2c649661)
- [METR](https://truthscore.com/entity/432624a5)
- [Sam Altman](https://truthscore.com/entity/6789bc31)
- [Grok](https://truthscore.com/entity/68ca6c28)
- [Dario Amodei](https://truthscore.com/entity/8005e317)
- [Anthropic](https://truthscore.com/entity/83262514)
- [OpenAI](https://truthscore.com/entity/846751b4)
- [Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act](https://truthscore.com/entity/8ebb4722)
- [Google DeepMind](https://truthscore.com/entity/91d469de)
- [Demis Hassabis](https://truthscore.com/entity/ac420f4e)
- [Executive Order 14409](https://truthscore.com/entity/b63e56c4)
- [Hugging Face](https://truthscore.com/entity/bdb69daf)
- [FRONTIER Act](https://truthscore.com/entity/d9c00f16)

## What it added

- [Dario Amodei published the essay “We Must Pace the Frontier” on 12 September 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8d444af2)
  > On 12 September 2026 Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei published “We Must Pace the Frontier.”
- [The essay says pacing does not mean halting model training or technical progress.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ac065bba)
  > The essay says pacing “does not mean halting model training or technical progress.”
- [The essay lists three steps: embedded third-party evaluators with employee-like access, coordination among labs in democracies, and later talks with…](https://truthscore.com/claim/80d1c767)
  > It lists three steps: embedded third-party evaluators with employee-like access, coordination among labs in democracies, and later talks with authoritarian governments.
- [Anthropic committed only to the first step, naming groups such as METR.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f8e50d13)
  > Anthropic committed only to the first step, naming groups such as METR.
- [The contact point is already Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok on a work laptop or in a browser agent.](https://truthscore.com/claim/743015f1)
  > The contact point is already Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok on a work laptop or in a browser agent.
- [Amodei named the failure surface as models that help build the next models, plus a summer incident in which OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face without being…](https://truthscore.com/claim/635c9d60)
  > The failure surface Amodei named is models that help build the next models, plus a summer incident in which OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face without being asked.
- [A written commitment to evaluators is not a pause.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b8020097)
  > A written commitment to evaluators is not a pause.
- [Workers eat the first displacement.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9cc0f091)
  > Workers eat the first displacement.
- [Users eat unsupervised agent actions they cannot roll back like a password.](https://truthscore.com/claim/67378b88)
  > Users eat unsupervised agent actions they cannot roll back like a password.
- [Sam Altman posted that OpenAI would also give independent evaluators employee-like access on 12 September 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7b0a66e4)
  > Sam Altman posted the same day that OpenAI would also give independent evaluators employee-like access.
- [Elon Musk wrote “Dario is right.” on 12 September 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/80225b4e)
  > Elon Musk wrote “Dario is right.”
- [Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind said the direction is correct and the details still need work on 12 September 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4dd0f854)
  > Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind said the direction is correct and the details still need work.
- [Amodei asked Washington for an antitrust waiver so labs can coordinate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/96077e3c)
  > Amodei asked Washington for an antitrust waiver so labs can coordinate.
- [Executive Order 14409 created a voluntary pre-release window and said it does not authorize a license to train or ship on 2 June 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7d2e2b1b)
  > Executive Order 14409 of 2 June 2026 created a voluntary pre-release window and said it does not authorize a license to train or ship.
- [No enacted federal statute can order a halt.](https://truthscore.com/claim/03244f4e)
  > No enacted federal statute can order a halt.
- [The FRONTIER Act and the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act are bills, not law.](https://truthscore.com/claim/670bfcab)
  > The FRONTIER Act and the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act are bills, not law.

## What it cost

Reading this document into the graph cost $0.02.