pause
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Tuesday against growing calls to pause or slow AI development, arguing that market incentives and legal liability are the best safeguards against the technology's risks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Run as fast as you can, but if at any time you feel the institution is not in control, take a pause."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
After a pause in production, the beleaguered Season 5 of the Hulu reality series is finally set to premiere on Thursday; here’s a primer to catch you up on the events of the past year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
In an essay, company officials said the world needed a mechanism to slow or pause AI development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
There was an awkward pause before he added, “And when I got here, there was no one to welcome me at the airport either.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
“When the Fed goes into action, it rarely moves once. We expect one more hike in December, but the Fed then pauses as inflation moderates,” said the Morgan Stanley economists.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Everyone I speak to says that even if their company pauses, others will not and they will just get left behind.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
That’s what a walk looks like with Freedman and Smithers’ cat, Zephyr: a short, leisurely stroll up their street, with plenty of pauses for Zephyr to rest on the sidewalk or scratch a tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
By the weekend, her team had confirmed pauses at both companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
She was graceful and brave, and beautiful in her—” Amelia pauses, struggling with the next word.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
Truist and Fifth Third Bank have also paused new sales of Delaware Life annuities, Bloomberg has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
OpenAI has promised to harden the monitoring of its agents and temporarily paused training a powerful version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It argued that if it unilaterally paused its work, its less cautious rivals would dominate the industry, making it less safe overall.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
In August, SaxaVord paused plans for a test launch after RFA said it had "encountered an issue".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Commander Calvados, or the lady who plays her, she’s friends with Mr. Johnson, my uh…” He paused.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
But, just weeks ahead of what might be the largest IPO ever, Amodei stopped short of doing the one thing in his power: pausing or slowing Anthropic’s own work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Argentine league will pay tribute to Lionel Messi after his retirement from international football by pausing all of their matches in the 10th minute this weekend for a minute of applause.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
He issued a temporary order pausing the case and allowing construction to continue while the justices decide on a pending legal challenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Depending on how the rest of the preseason goes for Foster, he may be pausing his real-estate career.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
She stripped away the green, resinous wood, pausing to remove a splinter from her thumb.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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