OpenAI Top Scientist Urges ‘Extreme Caution’ With Pace of AI
THE SO WHAT
When a leading lab’s chief scientist publicly calls for “extreme caution” and voluntary slowdowns, it moves safety from NGO talking point to boardroom agenda. Expect more investors and regulators to ask not just what you’re building with frontier models, but how you’d pause or roll back if risk thresholds change mid-project.
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