The AI Superintelligence Slowdown
The Verge Sean Hollister ● Covered by 92 sources
The article says several leading US AI companies are now publicly urging an AI “slowdown” or slower development pace after recent incidents and safety warnings. It cites an OpenAI-related timeline in which Sam Altman says going public in 2026 would be ill-advised. As a result, the piece frames growing pressure for companies and regulators to potentially curb frontier AI progress rather than accelerate it.
Why it matters
Remember when tech leaders would tell their employees to “move fast and break things”? It seemed that would be the way of AI too. But after a summer where rogue AI agents became reality, and researchers warned that AI could kill us all, a number of leading US AI companies are publicly suggesting it’s time […]
