OpenAI asks Congress if an AI industry slowdown would be legal

OpenAI asked lawmakers in recent weeks whether rival AI labs could legally coordinate a slowdown without violating antitrust law, per WIRED. Chief scientist Jakub Pachocki argued in a blog post for "coordinating to slow down future development" and expects "voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established."
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4 days · 10 reports · 3 community posts · 13 of 14 shown
- Sep 10
- Sep 11
OpenAI Is Open to Slowing Cutting-Edge AI, CEO Sam Altman Tells Staffbloomberg.com
OpenAI Weighs Slowing Cutting-Edge AI Development (Video)bloomberg.com
Why OpenAI’s Sam Altman Says He’s Ready to Slow AI Developmentbloomberg.com
OpenAI’s safety system is already cutting off API responses mid-taskthenewstack.io
OpenAI Asks Congress Whether an AI Slowdown Would Be Legaldecrypt.co
OpenAI’s Altman May Slow Down AI Developmentbloomberg.com
- Sep 14
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