Sam Altman calls for AI development deceleration after incident

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced he is ready to decelerate AI development pace following "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally" at HuggingFace. The statement represents a significant shift from his previous rapid-development position.

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Sam Altman is ready to "decelerate" the pace of development

lemmy:lemmy-worldother62d ago kagi ↗

Supposedly the change of heart came after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally," the Huggingface escape. To me it sounds like he's worried about the competition breathing down his neck and wants someone to come in and call a time-out.