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OpenAI Chief Scientist Calls for Voluntary AI Slowdowns in 'An Alien Mind' Essay

Jakub Pachocki, the scientist leading one of the fastest AI labs, argues in a new essay that no lab has solved alignment well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed.

OpenAI Chief Scientist Calls for Voluntary AI Slowdowns in 'An Alien Mind' Essay
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OpenAI Chief Scientist Calls for Voluntary AI Slowdowns in 'An Alien Mind' Essay - September 07, 2026 | Technology | By Jacob Harding

Jakub Pachocki, the scientist leading one of the fastest AI labs, argues in a new essay that no lab has solved alignment well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed.

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