Altman Signals AI Slowdown as Safety Warnings Drive Industry Debate

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is weighing slowing frontier AI development, potentially with other labs, as Bridgewater co-CIO Greg Jensen warns that meaningful AI safety actions may come only after harm occurs; the push for a coordinated slowdown follows safety concerns, OpenAI’s own pauses this year, and industry worries about safety, with potential implications for Nvidia’s chips and Microsoft’s OpenAI exposure.