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World Service,19 Jun 2026,22 mins

Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder: put brakes on AI

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鈥淩ight now, it鈥檚 like the AI industry has a gas pedal, but it doesn鈥檛 have a brake pedal in the car. And what we鈥檙e saying is we want to build that brake pedal so we in the world have an option. In the future, you might say: 鈥楲et鈥檚 get all of the benefits we can for, say, biology and medical research, and let鈥檚 take a pause on AI research, where we can absorb the societal changes.鈥欌 Faisal Islam speaks to Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, one of the companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution and the maker of the Claude chatbot. Jack says AI systems are becoming dramatically more capable, changing how work happens even inside Anthropic itself. He argues that artificial intelligence could accelerate scientific discovery, reshape industries and transform economies. But he also warns that increasingly powerful AI systems will require new forms of oversight and control. As these technologies become more capable, he argues that governments and society need mechanisms to slow development if it moves too far, too fast. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the 麻豆社, including episodes with Sundar Pichai and Julia Gillard. You can listen on the 麻豆社 World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on 麻豆社 Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Faisal Islam Producer: Osman Iqbal Editor: Damon Rose and Justine Lang (Image:Jack Clark. Credit: Getty)

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