OpenAI CEO calls for ‘pacing, not stopping’ AI development

[Open AI CEO Sam Altman Meets With Lawmakers And Administration Officials In D.C.] OpenAI (OPENAI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/OPENAI]) CEO Sam Altman said on X that frontier AI development needs to be paced and not stopped. Altman’s statement is the latest in public comments made by AI majors over the past few days regarding AI safety and responsible development. In the face of potential risks, Anthropic (ANTHRO [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ANTHRO]) CEO Dario Amodei said on the weekend that the progress of improving AI model capabilities should be slowed down. “We welcome a federal framework that sets consistent safety requirements for frontier AI.