The AI Schism: How Dario Amodei's Essay Split Silicon Valley Down the Middle

The Big Idea

The most powerful people in artificial intelligence just picked sides in the biggest argument the tech industry has had since the dot-com bust — and the crack runs right through the middle of the companies building the technology. On one side: the CEO of Anthropic, the founder of OpenAI, and the head of Google DeepMind, all calling for a deliberate, coordinated slowdown of AI development. On the other: Nvidia, Meta, and a loud contingent on Capitol Hill, insisting that hitting...