Zuckerberg refused to slow down AI, instead calling for "independent third-party evaluation."

The debate over whether the development of cutting-edge AI should be slowed down continues to intensify.

On Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to the controversy for the first time in a post on the X platform, stating that AI labs should bring in independent evaluation agencies and external consultants, incorporate security reviews into their daily development processes, and called it "industry best practice."

This statement differs from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's earlier call for a "slowdown." Amodei called over the weekend for a more measured slowdown in the development of cutting-edge AI systems to allow researchers more time to assess potential risks. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk subsequently expressed their support, while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang emphasized on the same day that AI safety is primarily an engineering issue.

Zuckerberg and Huang: Security controls should be embedded in the development process

Zuckerberg cited Meta's AI tool Muse as an example, saying that Meta had previously delayed the release of Muse for several months due to security and assurance issues, but did not require other companies to slow down in the same way. Instead, it made security reviews part of its daily development process.

Jensen Huang holds a similar view. He stated that security is the "top priority" in AI development, but it doesn't need to be addressed through new laws or regulations. "We don't need new laws, we don't need new regulations." He believes that companies can mitigate risks through testing, evaluation, and security verification, and that market forces can also provide constraints.

Huang also opposes viewing security and development speed as simply an either-or choice, believing that companies can control the release pace while promoting innovation; if a product has obvious security risks, it should be paused and the problem should be resolved.

Altman's stance has become more moderate, and the market is focused on the regulatory impact.

Altman previously supported Amodei's advocacy for a more moderate pace of cutting-edge AI development, but his latest statement is more moderate. He expressed "great confidence" in the AI industry's ability to continue technological advancement while avoiding significant harm, and confirmed that OpenAI is collaborating with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety.

Altman also stated that he disagrees with simply summarizing the current debate as "slowing down vs. pushing forward," and emphasized that each company should have the ability to independently advance security improvements.

Currently, AI companies do not have a significant disagreement on strengthening security governance itself. The main controversy focuses on whether development should be slowed down, and whether security governance should rely more on corporate self-discipline or external supervision.

This divergence has also begun to attract the attention of the capital market. Investors are concerned that if regulatory coordination is further strengthened, it may affect the pace of AI model development and have a ripple effect on computing power demand, data center construction, and chip companies' capital expenditures; if the industry mainly adopts internal governance and third-party evaluation paths, the pace of related investment may be relatively stable.

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