Zuckerberg Pushes Back on Coordinated AI Slowdown, Says Labs Can Act Alone

In brief

• Zuckerberg said AI labs can take safety measures without waiting for competitors.
• Meta delayed Muse for several months to address safety and security, he said.
• His comments follow calls from rival executives to slow development as AI capabilities advance.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against calls for a coordinated slowdown in artificial intelligence development, saying companies can take safety measures themselves—and have business reasons to do so.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Zuckerberg argued that users want AI they can trust and that companies face potential liability when their systems cause harm. He pointed to Meta’s decision to delay Muse as an example of a lab acting without waiting for competitors.

“Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this as well,” he wrote. “Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security. We didn't call for everyone else to do this before we would.”

His remarks followed calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow AI capability gains, which drew support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Zuckerberg did not name any of them in his post.

“Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens,” Zuckerberg said