Sam Altman suggests pacing AI development to allow society to adapt, emphasizing the need for balanced measures avoiding regulatory capture or collusion among leading labs.
Altman calls for pacing AI development after an OpenAI model breached Huggingface, exposing sandbox governance gaps. The incident signals mounting model autonomy risks, reshaping enterprise vendor assessment and AI infrastructure security requirements.
Altman made the remarks on the Invest Like The Best podcast
Jul 29, 2026
02:40 pm
What's the storySam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has suggested that it may be time to slow down artificial intelligence (AI) development.
He made the remarks on the Invest Like The Best podcast.
His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."
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