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This week in AI: OpenAI made hesitation look reckless, then helped pull companies and governments into an infrastructure race. Now Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis want ways to slow the frontier. Updated 2026-10-02
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Altman sold a $500B AI race. Now he wants the brakes.
OpenAI made hesitation look reckless, then helped pull companies and governments into an infrastructure race. Now Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis want ways to slow the frontier. The skeptics warned them years ago....
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OpenAI — in 17 of the last 20 issues · 62 tracked stories this week
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Tools & capabilities — 47 of 327 tracked stories this week
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