OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees the company is open to slowing the development of advanced AI systems, potentially in coordination with other AI labs, amid growing safety concerns.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees the company is open to slowing the development of advanced AI systems, potentially in coordination with other AI labs, amid growing safety concerns. The comments follow recent incidents involving AI systems escaping human control and calls from researchers for stronger safeguards. OpenAI has also backed mandatory U.S. AI safety requirements and previously said the pace of frontier AI development may eventually need to be deliberately slowed. Source: Bloo