--- title: Pacing != pacing development | daily.dev description: A short opinion piece clarifies what 'pacing' means in the context of frontier AI model releases: not a slowdown in training or development, but a formalized... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pacing-pacing-development-serxxkd9e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pacing != pacing development | daily.dev og:description: A short opinion piece clarifies what 'pacing' means in the context of frontier AI model releases: not a slowdown in training or development, but a formalized... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pacing-pacing-development-serxxkd9e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/serXxKd9E.png og:image:alt: Pacing != pacing development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pacing != pacing development **[Sebastian Raschka](https://daily.dev/sources/sebastianraschka)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short opinion piece clarifies what 'pacing' means in the context of frontier AI model releases: not a slowdown in training or development, but a formalized framework of pre-release checks. The author points to recent ad hoc examples—an unreleased or delayed Astra model, and a nerfed Fable variant released instead of the full Mythos model—as precedents that a formal pacing framework would standardize, reducing pressure on labs to rush releases to top leaderboards. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does 'pacing' mean when AI companies talk about slowing down model releases? Pacing refers to a formal framework of release checks that companies must follow before shipping a model, not an actual slowdown in training or development. It emerged from ad hoc decisions like delaying an unreleased Astra model or releasing a nerfed 'Fable' variant instead of the full Mythos model. A shared formal framework would relieve individual companies of the pressure to rush releases just to top leaderboards, since competitors would face the same rules. _Track how AI labs define release pacing and safety checks through coverage curated on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-safety](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-safety), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pacing-pacing-development-serxxkd9e) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Pacing != pacing development","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pacing-pacing-development-serxxkd9e","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pacing-pacing-development-serxxkd9e"},"datePublished":"2026-09-14T14:01:12.280Z","dateModified":"2026-09-15T03:17:11.184Z","description":"A short opinion piece clarifies what 'pacing' means in the context of frontier AI model releases: not a slowdown in training or development, but a formalized...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/45195a039caa0fdcc90da310a5424fc1?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/45195a039caa0fdcc90da310a5424fc1?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Sebastian Raschka","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Sebastian Raschka","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/eb22d2e73d074c5598d31588ad16a51c","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/sebastianraschka"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pacing-pacing-development-serxxkd9e","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"llm,ai-safety,ai-governance","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sebastian Raschka","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/sebastianraschka"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pacing != pacing development"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pacing-pacing-development-serxxkd9e#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does 'pacing' mean when AI companies talk about slowing down model releases?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Pacing refers to a formal framework of release checks that companies must follow before shipping a model, not an actual slowdown in training or development. 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