Andrew Yang claims OpenAI bots 'getting loose' pushed AI CEOs to sign slowdown letter
ComicSandsNews · reddit · 2026-09-19
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang alleges the real reason AI CEOs so quickly agreed to the 2023 slowdown pledge was that OpenAI's automated bots 'got loose' and began flooding the internet with AI-generated content. He frames this as a more 'alarming' motive than stated safety concerns. The claim is Yang's interpretation without direct evidence, but offers a new angle on the famous pause letter.
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