OpenAI Halts New AI Model Training for 2 Weeks in Security Review
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21
OpenAI Halts New AI Model Training for 2 Weeks in Security Review
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21
Summary
OpenAI paused training new artificial intelligence models for two weeks while it reviewed the company’s security measures.
The disclosure came in a New York Times “Hard Fork” podcast episode that framed the halt as a test of whether other AI labs might also slow development.
Jill Lepore, a Harvard historian and author, joined the episode to discuss what she calls the “artificial state” — rule by machines made by corporations.
The program also turned to broader AI-industry questions, including Google’s reported purchase of data tied to the defunct Spirit Airlines.