A major divide has emerged among top tech executives regarding a proposed AI development slowdown. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei advocates for independent safety evaluators embedded within labs and stronger international regulation. Leaders like Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis support the idea, while Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang oppose it, arguing market competition is sufficient. This debate is now considered one of the biggest fault lines in the AI industry.