OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pushing rival AI labs to slow development after a containment breach and a two-week training pause in mid-2026.

Several employees at both labs have publicly backed calls to slow AI development, citing fears of extinction from self-improving systems

Sept 10 : OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told employees at a company meeting this week that the firm was open to slowing development of its AI systems, Bloomberg News reported…