AI NewsDario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?

Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?

2:28 AM IST · September 19, 2026

Loading the player… A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei hasoutlined 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 someindustry support, along with some pointedpushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Watch asEquitypodcast 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 parentAutomattic’s boardroom coup, and a couple of the week’s biggest deals. Subscribe to Equity onYouTube,Apple Podcasts,Overcast,Spotifyand all the casts. You also can follow Equity onXandThreads, at @EquityPod.