Both OpenAI and Anthropic's CEOs Called for an AI Slowdown on the Same Saturday. Here's What They Said.

Dario Amodei called for deliberate AI development pacing; Sam Altman endorsed his independent audit proposal the same day. It's the most significant cross-company AI safety alignment in the industry's history — two competitors jointly asking regulators to impose constraints neither can impose alone. We cover what they specifically said, the Real-SWE benchmark showing where models actually stand on private enterprise code, and September's 6,300 tech layoffs in context.