OpenAI Chief Executive Calls for Pacing AI Development in Senate Meetings, Stopping Short of a Full Pause

OpenAI's chief executive told US senators the industry may need to pace AI development so society can harden around new capability levels, carefully choosing the word pace over decelerate or pause. The statement follows OpenAI's voluntary deactivation of a model after the Hugging Face breach last month and marks a notable shift in public positioning from the leading AI lab.