Altman Backs Frontier AI Slowdown, Urges Federal Safety Rules as Trump Rejects Pause
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Updated · CNBC · Sep 14
Altman Backs Frontier AI Slowdown, Urges Federal Safety Rules as Trump Rejects Pause
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Sep 14
Summary
Sam Altman said OpenAI supports a federal framework for frontier AI and will give independent evaluators employee-like access, his clearest blueprint yet for slowing development without stopping it.
In a Monday X post, Altman said AI could go "very badly" by putting the future beyond human control or concentrating too much power in one company or person.
The comments deepen a weekend push led by Anthropic's Dario Amodei, who argued AI has accelerated sharply since summer as systems increasingly help build the next generation of models.
Donald Trump said Sunday that slowing AI would endanger the U.S. lead over China, while AI stocks fell Monday as investors weighed the safety push.
The debate has intensified after an Anthropic researcher quit last week over safety concerns, with Washington lawmakers and major labs now under pressure to set common safeguards ahead of expected IPOs.