--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "4fce9e9f207c28314de711ef7119e2b9b00e857d1d285e0b5618ee06a9d33dbc" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/4fce9e9f?lang=en" title: "SoftBank Falls as Much as 13% After AI Leaders Urge Development Slowdown" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-14T08:58:31.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["openai","anthropic","microsoft","safety","regulation","softbank","ai-slowdown","infra"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/update-softbank-falls-as-much-as-13percent-after-ai-leaders-urge-develop-1eef90cf","https://x.com/theo/status/2099335125670752403","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2099356738755649775","https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2099330309179204072","https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2099309752895385819","https://x.com/Reuters/status/2099352485303386590","https://x.com/Reuters/status/2099351573272875046","https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2099222016473927819"] summary: "SoftBank shares fell as much as 13% in Asian trading after OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei called for slower development of advanced AI so safeguards can keep up with capabilities. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also called for “deliberate pacing” to keep AI under human control, while Elon Musk backed Amodei’s proposal. The selling extended across Asian stocks tied to AI. OpenAI now prepares explicit safety cases before reinforcement learning runs likely to increase model capabilities substantially, extending checks beyond the release of completed models. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have committed to giving independent evaluators access comparable to employees; Anthropic’s evaluators will verify safety practices, report incidents and assess alignment during training. Altman said work need not wait for legislation or an antitrust exemption. “When we talk about ‘pacing’, we do not mean ‘stopping’,” he wrote, adding that progress should be slower than it otherwise could be. Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have held talks since July about creating an industry safety standards body, The Information reported. Amodei’s broader proposal calls for coordination among labs in democ" --- # SoftBank Falls as Much as 13% After AI Leaders Urge Development Slowdown > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-14T08:58:31.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** openai, anthropic, microsoft, safety, regulation, softbank, ai\-slowdown, infra ## Summary SoftBank shares fell as much as 13% in Asian trading after OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei called for slower development of advanced AI so safeguards can keep up with capabilities\. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also called for “deliberate pacing” to keep AI under human control, while Elon Musk backed Amodei’s proposal\. The selling extended across Asian stocks tied to AI\. OpenAI now prepares explicit safety cases before reinforcement learning runs likely to increase model capabilities substantially, extending checks beyond the release of completed models\. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have committed to giving independent evaluators access comparable to employees; Anthropic’s evaluators will verify safety practices, report incidents and assess alignment during training\. Altman said work need not wait for legislation or an antitrust exemption\. “When we talk about ‘pacing’, we do not mean ‘stopping’,” he wrote, adding that progress should be slower than it otherwise could be\. Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have held talks since July about creating an industry safety standards body, The Information reported\. Amodei’s broader proposal calls for coordination among labs in democ ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()