# xAI Corp

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-12**: Amodei calls for industry slowdown — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publishes a blog post saying the industry "must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models" and announces new safety steps including third-party evaluators.
- **2026-09-12**: Altman pledges independent evaluators — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledges to adopt Amodei's suggestion of "independent evaluators with employee-like access."
- **2026-09-12**: Musk endorses the slowdown — xAI Corp CEO Elon Musk writes "Dario is right," backing the co-ordinated downshift.
- **2026-09**: Anthropic researcher resigns over existential risk — A high-profile Anthropic researcher resigns over existential fears that the company was acting irresponsibly, helping push AI-safety anxiety into the mainstream.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 3 AI CEOs Call for Slowdown; Antitrust, Liability Questions Loom
2026-09-13 06:05:39 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Rival AI CEOs Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk aligning on a development slowdown marks a governance watershed with unresolved antitrust, liability and regulatory implications. The move tests whether voluntary industry co-ordination can substitute for hard law — or invites new legal scrutiny of its own.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/ai-ceo-slowdown-antitrust-liability

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