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OpenAI scientist's AI slowdown proposal faces antitrust concerns

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OpenAI's chief scientist has proposed a coordinated slowdown in AI development to ensure safety, suggesting voluntary pauses until shared safety standards are established. However, legal experts caution that such an agreement could potentially violate US antitrust laws, specifically the Sherman Antitrust Act, depending on the exact details of any arrangement. The legal uncertainty surrounding these collaborations might act as a significant deterrent to implementing a slowdown. AI

IMPACT Potential antitrust challenges could complicate or hinder industry-wide safety initiatives and coordinated development pauses.

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    This will only benefit AI Chinese models… unless the whole idea is to forbid the use of “Made in China” Open Weights models… “Last weekend, OpenAI’s chief scien

    This will only benefit AI Chinese models… unless the whole idea is to forbid the use of “Made in China” Open Weights models… “Last weekend, OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, published a blog post arguing that the best path forward for the AI research world includes “coord…

    LINKS wired.com/…/openai-wants-to-know-if-an-ai…

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