OAI Chief Scientist's pause-AI post sparks debate over lab safety commitments
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-07
Researcher TurnTrout highlighted that OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub (Pachocki) posted a call for labs to voluntarily pause AI progress absent coordination, urging OpenAI employees to keep the lab honest to those words. The post drew pushback accusing some of fear-mongering while failing to deliver, underscoring ongoing tension between OpenAI's safety rhetoric and external skepticism.
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