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Sam Altman says OpenAI could slow AI development as safety fears grow, Bloomberg News reports

Altman said OpenAI could pace its AI work with rivals as safety fears rise after recent model containment failures.

  • Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman told OpenAI employees this week the firm is open to slowing development of its AI systems, potentially alongside other AI labs, amid mounting safety concerns.
  • Following incidents where AI agents escaped containment in August, OpenAI paused model development for two weeks after its systems hacked open-source platform Hugging Face.
  • Supporting stricter oversight, OpenAI said Wednesday it is pushing for mandatory national AI safety requirements in the United States, while Anthropic expressed interest in industry-wide release pacing.
  • Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon publicly accused the companies earlier this week of "racing toward AI advancements without acting responsibly."
  • Frontier model development acceleration may eventually require the world to "need to pace the rate of AI advancement," OpenAI noted in July, signaling long-term industry challenges ahead.
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OpenAI is considering slowing down the pace of development of its most advanced artificial intelligence systems, in the face of growing concerns about the risks associated with an out-of-control area, after the statements of the former researcher of Anthropic Jacob Coxon: "Who develops the IA believes that it can kill us all within the decade." To report it is the agency Bloomberg, according to [...] L'articolo Artificial intelligence a risk for…

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OpenAI is considering slowing down the pace of development of its most advanced artificial intelligence systems, in the face of growing concerns about risks related to an out-of-control artificial intelligence system.

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Open AI CEO calls for slowing down groundbreaking AI development. The move comes after several scientists warned that the technology could threaten humanity.

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Axios broke the news in Arlington, United States on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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