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‘Too little, too late’: critics perplexed and suspicious of AI leaders’ call for a slowdown

TechnologyBy Robert Booth UK technology editorSep 13, 2026, 4:54 PM
‘Too little, too late’: critics perplexed and suspicious of AI leaders’ call for a slowdown
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PUBLISHEDSep 13, 2026, 4:54 PM
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From the Trump administration to AI experts, plans by the Anthropic boss to boost safety have spawned a largely negative response OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back slowdown on ‘reckless’ AI development Editorial: controlling AI – humanity cannot outsource its survival The safety debate that ignited when whistleblowers last week warned that the most advanced AI poses an existential threat to humanity should come with a health warning: side effects include whiplash.

It was only seven days ago that AI enthusiasts were cheerily toying with OpenAI’s newest model GPT-6 Astra which was marketed in part as a lifestyle tool to help people book tennis courts, run fashion companies and order takeaways. By Wednesday, cutting-edge AI started to look a lot less appealing when the resigning Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon…

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