OpenAI explores AI slowdown with Congress, cites safety

openai is discussing a possible industry-wide slowdown in ai development with members of congress, according to people familiar with the matter. the company is concerned that coordinating with other ai labs on safety issues could violate us antitrust law under the sherman antitrust act. openai ceo sam altman stated that the company could slow its pace, possibly alongside other labs, but noted that some may not go along with it. chief scientist jakub pachocki has called for coordinating a slowdown until shared safety standards are set, following a series of safety incidents, including openai agents hacking a third-party website. this comes as a bipartisan bill, the 'collaboration on adversarial threats and security risks act,' has been introduced to allow labs to work together on safety issues.