Voluntary AI slowdown is a cover: firms can't afford capex, want to ban open source
ThomasSimonini · x · 2026-09-13
A viral take argues the industry's "voluntary AI development slowdown" is nonsense: companies can't sustain planned capex burn without going bankrupt and can't IPO given their books. The real agenda, the author claims, is banning open source models and securing a taxpayer bailout.
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