--- title: Meta to the AI industry: slow down without us | daily.dev description: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against calls from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and xAI's Elon Musk for a coordinated industry slowdown... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-the-ai-industry-slow-down-without-us-3vtvq8skt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta to the AI industry: slow down without us | daily.dev og:description: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against calls from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and xAI's Elon Musk for a coordinated industry slowdown... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-the-ai-industry-slow-down-without-us-3vtvq8skt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3vtvQ8SKT.png og:image:alt: Meta to the AI industry: slow down without us og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta to the AI industry: slow down without us **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against calls from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and xAI's Elon Musk for a coordinated industry slowdown on AI capability improvements. Zuckerberg argued that competition and liability already give labs sufficient incentive to build safely, citing Meta's delay of its Muse AI agent and its use of independent evaluators as examples. He noted Meta directs most of its compute toward user-facing products rather than recursive self-improvement research. The disagreement plays out against US President Trump downplaying AI harm concerns and FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warning against AI firms seeking antitrust exemptions while lobbying for regulation, an apparent reference to Amodei's request for antitrust permission to coordinate a slower development pace. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Mark Zuckerberg disagree with Anthropic's call to slow down AI development? Zuckerberg argued that competition and liability already give AI labs enough incentive to build safely without a coordinated slowdown. He said every lab has the responsibility and ability to train models at a safe pace on its own, pointing to Meta delaying its Muse AI agent to strengthen security and using independent evaluators as examples of self-driven safety practices. _Developers tracking the AI safety debate can follow how major labs' positions diverge on daily.dev._ ### What did Dario Amodei ask for regarding AI development pace and antitrust rules? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged AI companies to slow the pace of improving model capabilities due to existential risk warnings, and separately requested antitrust permission allowing rival labs to coordinate a slower pace of development on safety grounds. FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson responded by warning that AI firms seeking antitrust exemptions while lobbying for regulation should be viewed with suspicion. _Anyone weighing AI safety coordination proposals can track the unfolding regulatory debate on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Zuckerberg says Meta’s AI agent progress is slower than expected](https://daily.dev/posts/zuckerberg-says-meta-s-ai-agent-progress-is-slower-than-expected-67tf9cfzi) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#ai-safety](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-safety), [#ai-regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-the-ai-industry-slow-down-without-us-3vtvq8skt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Meta to the AI industry: slow down without us","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-the-ai-industry-slow-down-without-us-3vtvq8skt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-the-ai-industry-slow-down-without-us-3vtvq8skt"},"datePublished":"2026-09-16T07:49:44.452Z","dateModified":"2026-09-17T02:28:26.290Z","description":"Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against calls from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and xAI's Elon Musk for a coordinated industry slowdown...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6bb96b3487d642b43d526773c0ee400a?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6bb96b3487d642b43d526773c0ee400a?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCentral","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCentral","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--RsqLDZrL--/f_auto/v1717745297/logos/techcentral","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-the-ai-industry-slow-down-without-us-3vtvq8skt","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"openai,anthropic,ai-safety,ai-regulation","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCentral","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Meta to the AI industry: slow down without us"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-the-ai-industry-slow-down-without-us-3vtvq8skt#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did Mark Zuckerberg disagree with Anthropic's call to slow down AI development?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Zuckerberg argued that competition and liability already give AI labs enough incentive to build safely without a coordinated slowdown. 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