Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, proposes slowing advances in the most powerful AI models to allow safety research to catch up. His proposal is backed by Sam Altman (OpenAI), Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) and Elon Musk (xAI), while a bipartisan bill to permanently ban superintelligence was introduced in the US Senate. SoftBank invested approximately $54.6 billion in OpenAI and launched a $10 billion bond sale to continue its support. According to the St. Louis Fed, AI-related investments accounted for 39% of US real GDP growth during the first nine months of 2025. The IMF estimates that an AI investment reversal would trigger a 20% decline in US equity markets and US GDP 1.5% below baseline, while rating agency Fitch projects a 35% equity shock that could trigger a recession.
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