The AI Superintelligence Slowdown

Several leading US AI companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and X, are signaling support for a slower, more controlled approach to frontier AI development. The article rounds up recent comments, incidents, and proposals around AI safety, including warnings from executives, researchers, politicians, and public figures.

The shift suggests AI leaders are trying to shape the policy conversation before governments impose rules on them. But the tension between safety rhetoric, competitive pressure with China, and massive commercial incentives makes any real slowdown uncertain.