Hassabis: Dario's essay points towards the right path forward

On 12 Sep 2026 (22:59 UTC), hours after Dario Amodei published "We Must Pace the Frontier", Hassabis wrote that the essay "points towards the right path forward". He said the details still need work but the direction is correct "for meeting this critical moment". He tied it to his own July proposal for an industry-wide frontier-AI standards body and quote-linked his 14 July X Article. It is one of the clearest signs that leaders of two frontier labs were converging on coordinated pacing. Verified via syndication (demishassabis, 2026-09-12T22:59:59Z).

Dario's essay points towards the right path forward. The details need working through, but the direction is correct for meeting this critical moment.

This is also why we recently put out our proposal for an industry-wide standards body for frontier AI. https://t.co/Mm1hmcaSmH

Quoting @DarioAmodei: We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.

Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our

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