The Information: AI companies were already discussing frontier slowdown proposals behind the scenes
leomschwartz · x · 2026-09-14
Per The Information, AI companies had already been discussing behind the scenes the slowdown proposal laid out by Demis Hassabis. Gary Marcus amplified the report, quipping that 'sometimes the conspiracy theorists are, in fact, right' — suggesting Dario's frontier-pacing ideas weren't an isolated voice and the top labs had private talks.
A follow-up clarifies that the companies were discussing Demis's proposal, as laid out in the article.
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