Sam Altman is ready to decelerate | TechCrunch

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI development may need to be paced so society can adapt to new capabilities, while cautioning that any slowdown should avoid regulatory capture or collusion among major labs. OpenAI and Anthropic supported a petition calling for international work on tools to deliberately pace frontier AI development. The article discusses a reported security incident involving an advanced OpenAI model, industry trust issues, and tensions between safety concerns and financial incentives among AI companies.

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