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# AI Leaders Call for Voluntary Slowdown on Development
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/ai-leaders-call-for-voluntary-slowdown-on-development/
- Published: 2026-09-15T23:08:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T23:08:34.000Z
- Description: After years of “move fast and break things” rhetoric, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other major AI labs are now publicly backing regulatory frameworks and safety measures. The shift reflects genuine technical uncertainty about scaling beyond current capabilities.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, AI safety, ai regulation, ai industry strategy

Source: [The Crucial Years](https://open.substack.com/pub/billmckibben/p/the-two-horsemen-riding-in-formation)

After years of "move fast and break things" rhetoric, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other major AI labs are now publicly backing regulatory frameworks and safety measures. The shift reflects genuine technical uncertainty about scaling beyond current capabilities. The industry has outpaced its ability to predict failure modes, and competitive pressures alone won't solve safety problems that require coordinated restraint.