Amazon calls for 'rigorous testing' as AI safety concerns mount

Amazon has entered the debate over AI safety, urging “rigorous testing” and stronger safeguards before releasing new AI models. In comments tied to its expanding AI efforts, the company said developers should launch models only once they are safe and fully tested, without endorsing calls to slow development across the industry. Amazon framed it as not a trade-off between “progress and safety,” and argued that advanced systems should be built alongside government and other stakeholders. The stance follows cautious appeals from figures including OpenAI, xAI, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft, after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged a slower pace.