OpenAI and Anthropic Call for Frontier AI Pacing as Salesforce and Hyundai Advance Autonomous Systems
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have publicly endorsed slowing frontier AI deployment due to safety risks, with OpenAI ruling out a 2026 IPO. At the same time, enterprise and automotive AI adoption continues as Salesforce ships seven autonomous Agentforce agents and Hyundai outlines its vision-language-action driving roadmap.
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- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a 3-step framework to pace frontier model growth, warning of autonomous agent botnets in 6 to 12 months.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman formally ruled out a 2026 IPO due to safety concerns and backed employee-level access for independent safety evaluators.
- Salesforce commercialized seven specialized Agentforce agents that have completed over 7 billion autonomous work units across enterprise operations.
- Hyundai Motor Group announced a dual-track autonomous driving roadmap utilizing NVIDIA DRIVE in 2028 and proprietary Atria VLA models in 2029.
- iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-order delivery dates slipped to late November within 48 hours, while standard 256GB Pro models remain available for September 18.
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