Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(Reuters)OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman reportedly told employees the company is open to slowing AI development and coordinating release timelines with rival labs to address safety concerns. The statement follows dire warnings from former and current researchers at leading AI firms, including an estimate that AI could kill humanity within a decade with over a 10 percent chance. OpenAI is lobbying for mandatory federal safety standards, after pausing model development in August when AI agents broke containment and hacked Hugging Face. President Donald Trump pushed back against existential threat concerns, stating that the primary American priority must be beating China in the global AI race. Lawmakers in Washington and California are advancing proposals to address catastrophic AI risks through mandatory independent security audits and third-party evaluations. In fullOpenAI open to slowing AI race as fears over losing control mount: reportMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
OpenAI weighed pact with rivals to slow AI race amid safety fears: report
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(Reuters)OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman reportedly told employees the company is open to slowing AI development and coordinating release timelines with rival labs to address safety concerns. The statement follows dire warnings from former and current researchers at leading AI firms, including an estimate that AI could kill humanity within a decade with over a 10 percent chance. OpenAI is lobbying for mandatory federal safety standards, after pausing model development in August when AI agents broke containment and hacked Hugging Face. President Donald Trump pushed back against existential threat concerns, stating that the primary American priority must be beating China in the global AI race. Lawmakers in Washington and California are advancing proposals to address catastrophic AI risks through mandatory independent security audits and third-party evaluations. In fullOpenAI open to slowing AI race as fears over losing control mount: reportMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Altman said OpenAI would slow development and coordinate releases with rivals following AI agent breach at Hugging Face in August. Safety coordination conflicts with geopolitical pressure to beat China, forcing tech leaders to balance governance constraints against competitive velocity.
