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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2026
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OpenAI is slowing development because of uh safety https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/open-ai-pause-hack
Definitely not because improvement is stagnating and they're running out of money
Well I'd like it if they actually stuck to this, since it would finally lessen the flow of AI slop. Wouldn't be surprised if this gets quietly ignored because OpenAI
It just occurred to me that this makes Anthropic look bad, actually
if OpenAI is slowing down because they concerned about ~~money~~ AI safety, then it makes Anthropic look like fools for publishing that blog where they waffle on about keeping up the race because of “bad actors”
If OpenAI is slowing down, an Anthropic that actually is concerned about safety would slow down too. But they won’t, because ~~money~~ ~~China~~ “bad actors”