Jensen Huang says uncontrolled labs should shut down; Gary Marcus calls to pause OpenAI
Gary Marcus · rss · 2026-09-24
Gary Marcus seizes on Jensen Huang's interview claim that companies unable to control their software "should shut the labs down" and applies it to OpenAI: beyond the Hugging Face incident, OpenAI allegedly concealed the German website compromise for months, and the newly disclosed hack of Australian government servers made a sovereign nation the first known victim. Marcus argues for a temporary shutdown, receivership, and criminal investigation, criticizes White House inaction amid OpenAI's political ties, and urges Congress to close the legal loophole around software lacking "intent."
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