The Drop Times: Who Has the Authority to Slow AI Down?

Questions about the pace of advanced artificial intelligence are no longer confined to the research teams building it. Former OpenAI safety leader David Robinson described his decision to leave the company in a 3 October essay for The Atlantic , challenging the assumption that developers can release increasingly capable systems and address risks as they emerge. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon had raised concerns about competition between AI laboratories in a September interview with WIRED .