Key facts
- French Finance Minister Roland Lescure believes calls to slow AI development serve the interests of top U.S. companies in the sector.
- Lescure urged France and Europe to accelerate AI usage to effectively manage associated risks.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have called for a slowdown in AI development due to potential risks.
- Lescure expressed wariness of definitive statements on AI risks, suggesting they can be used to evade collective responsibility.
Calls to slow down the development of artificial intelligence serve the interests of leading U.S. companies in the sector, according to French Finance Minister Roland Lescure. He stated that these leaders aim to slow down competitors to maintain their top positions.
Lescure urged France and Europe to accelerate their own AI efforts to become leaders in the field and gain the ability to manage the associated risks. He expressed wariness of definitive statements regarding AI risks, suggesting they can sometimes serve as a way to escape collective responsibility.
His remarks come amid a growing debate on AI safety, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling for a slowdown in AI model improvement due to potential dangers, a sentiment echoed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.