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        "id": 1981058,
        "msgid": "one-persons-remarks-suddenly-shake-a-nation-1789469561",
        "date": "2026-09-15 17:05:00",
        "title": "One Person's Remarks Suddenly Shake a Nation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "The resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who claimed developers privately believe AI could wipe out humanity before the decade ends, has triggered swift regulatory action in the US Congress. Senators are drafting legislation that would empower the Commerce Secretary to demand safety evidence and deploy independent auditors, while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other tech bosses, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Satya Nadella, have publicly backed slowing AI development.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2014 The resignation announcement of Jacob\nCoxon, a researcher at the artificial intelligence (AI) startup\nAnthropic, has triggered a new wave of concern in the United States. The\nimpact is far from trivial: the US Congress is now moving quickly to\ndiscuss legislation requiring AI companies to prove their products are\nsafe from harmful risks.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Coxon caused a stir after revealing the reason behind his\ndecision to leave Anthropic. He said developers in the industry quietly\nbelieve AI could annihilate humankind before the end of this decade.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the escalating concerns, US senators immediately moved\nto design preventive regulations for high-risk AI models.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Reuters report on Tuesday (15\/9\/2026), Senate staff\nand negotiating teams said the rules could grant special authority to\nthe US Secretary of Commerce. The minister would be entitled to press AI\ncompanies to show valid evidence of safety systems, and even be\nempowered to send in independent auditors to directly test their\nsafety.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, deliberations on the regulation remain at an early\nstage. Reuters noted the bill\u2019s chances of being passed are slim, even\nif it gets the green light from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Resistance has also come from the White House. President Donald Trump\nhas stated that existing legal instruments are already sufficient to\nregulate and take action against the technology giants. The signal shows\nhis reluctance to sign off on new AI legislation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, negotiators are reportedly discussing involving federal\ncourts to block the release of certain AI models deemed dangerous. On\nthe other hand, companies would retain the legal right to challenge such\ndecisions in court. The details of this cross-agency authority are still\nbeing worked out.<\/p>\n<p>Another crucial point in the draft, according to lobbyists and\nlegislative staff, is a clause barring state-level governments from\ncreating their own legal rules to oversee AI risks, in order to maintain\nuniform national regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Tech giants\u2019 bosses call for AI to be reined in<\/p>\n<p>Not long after Coxon\u2019s admission, the bosses of the technology giants\nfinally also agreed to slow the enhancement of AI. Anthropic CEO Dario\nAmodei published a long essay posted on the platform X on Saturday\n(12\/9). He openly called on the technology industry to stop racing to\naccelerate AI superintelligence capacity and instead begin applying the\nbrakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must slow the pace of AI capability improvement. Progress will\nstill look fast, and we must use the time we gain wisely,\u201d Amodei wrote,\nechoing the stark warning previously issued by his own former\nresearcher, Jacob Coxon, about the potential existential threat to\nhumankind.<\/p>\n<p>To avert potential catastrophe, Amodei put forward a blueprint\ncontaining three tactical steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Implementation of independent evaluators: placing outside\nsupervisors with full employee-level access to test and verify the\nsafety aspects of systems.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Alliance of AI developers: building close coordination among\nleading frontier startups to set standardised safety benchmarks while\nlimiting uncontrolled wild experimentation.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Global diplomacy: encouraging cross-country cooperation to\nformulate a framework for mitigating AI risks at scale.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amodei\u2019s idea has been endorsed by other global technology giants\u2019\nbosses who are also developing AI. Here is a summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Elon Musk (xAI): Responded coolly but firmly with a brief reply\non X: \u201cDario is right.\u201d<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Sam Altman (OpenAI): Took a more moderate but serious position.\nHe stressed that the concept of \u201cbraking\u201d (pacing) does not mean\n\u201cstopping altogether\u201d, but rather adjusting the rhythm so that safety\ndoes not lag behind business ambitions. \u201cThe world deserves the\nassurance that American companies are acting responsibly,\u201d said\nAltman.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Satya Nadella (Microsoft): Chose an ethical and inclusive\nperspective. According to him, any pursuit of superintelligence would\nlose its meaning if it ends up threatening human control. Microsoft is\nalso preparing to release a \u201cCode of Ethics\u201d for its own AI models to\nopen a public consultation process. \u201cThe key is that this must not be\ncontrolled by just a handful of entities,\u201d Nadella asserted.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the most influential technology architects on Earth suddenly\nagree that their own \u201cspeed\u201d is starting to feel frightening, the\nquestion now is: will this emergency brake truly be pressed, or is it\nmerely a sweet gimmick on social media timelines?<\/p>\n<p>In your view, will this delay in AI development actually be\nimplemented, or will the industry keep charging full speed ahead for\nbusiness glory?<\/p>",
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