The AI Industry Says It Wants to Slow Down. Can It? | Big Take

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AI executives across the industry, led by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, called for a coordinated slow down in AI development over the weekend. The move followed a viral post on X from a former Anthropic employee who resigned over safety concerns. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg tech editor Sarah Frier joins Sarah Holder to break down the motivations behind those responses — and how IPOs, inflation and the economy are all at play. Listen more: Read more: Anthropic's $2 Trillion IPO Is Still On. And So Is the AI Race (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-09-15/anthropic-s-2-trillion-ipo-is-still-on-and-so-is-the-ai-race) We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. (https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/podcasts) Host: Sarah Holder; Guest: Sarah Frier Produced by David Fox; Edited by Tracey Samuelson. Mixed and mastered by Sean Carter. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy infor

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