slowdown
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Warnings from researchers in recent weeks about potential risks posed by the technology escalated the debate about AI safety, with some industry executives calling for a slowdown in developing models.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
While these fears go back decades, claims made last week by Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic employee, went viral and were echoed by others in the sector who urged a slowdown in development.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
AI leaders called for a slowdown, the 10-year Treasury yield hit 5% and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in three years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The revelation comes days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in artificial-intelligence development due to the risks associated with the technology.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The ripple of the slowdown thudded back through the cars to the tail of the train.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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They’ve repeatedly urged coordinated industrywide slowdowns in development but never acted upon them.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
In an article published on 6 September, OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki called for the industry to implement "voluntary slowdowns" until safeguards are set.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But the risk is that someone looking at a P/E ratio may not see as much downside risk as there actually is, he added, because profit margins “tend to compress sharply” during slowdowns.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The statistical results also identified a cluster of evolutionary slowdowns around 15 million years ago, which coincided with another major geological event.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Solution: investment in machinery that moved slaughtered livestock from one place to the next, eliminating slowdowns.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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