Russian Official Says AI Development Cannot Be Slowed at This Stage
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Kirill Dmitriev, Russian Presidential Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, stated that slowing artificial intelligence development is no longer possible, responding to calls by OpenAI's Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei for a pause due to safety concerns.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had previously called for slowing AI model development due to safety concerns, as reported by the Financial Times.
MOSCOW, September 13. /TASS/. Russian Presidential Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev believes that it is no longer possible to slow the development of artificial intelligence (AI) at this stage.
He was commenting on a Financial Times report that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, US entrepreneur Elon Musk and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had called for slowing the development of AI models over safety concerns.
"You can't put the genie back in the bottle," Dmitriev wrote on his X page.
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International debates over AI safety regulations will continue without immediate consensus on slowing development
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Open Questions
- What specific safety concerns were raised by Altman, Musk, and Amodei?
- What alternative approaches to AI governance does Dmitriev propose instead of slowing development?
- How might Russia's position influence international AI regulatory discussions?







