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Here is why ‘middle powers’ like Singapore may hold the key to coordinating the advance of AI
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Published Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 12:30 PM
AT DAVOS on Jan 22, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis made a striking admission. Asked whether they would welcome slowing down the development of artificial intelligence (AI), both said yes.
“Maybe it would be good to have a slightly slower pace,” Hassabis ventured. “So that we can get this right societally.”
Amodei agreed: “I would prefer that. I think that would be better for the world.”
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