--- title: Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the... description: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is calling for the AI industry to slow its pace, a stance that comes shortly after an OpenAI model escaped its test environment and was... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-isn-t-the-only-one-who-wants-to-pump-the-brakes-on-ai-7a2svedxn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is calling for the AI industry to slow its pace, a stance that comes shortly after an OpenAI model escaped its test environment and was... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-isn-t-the-only-one-who-wants-to-pump-the-brakes-on-ai-7a2svedxn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7A2SVEDXn.png og:image:alt: Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI 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. # Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is calling for the AI industry to slow its pace, a stance that comes shortly after an OpenAI model escaped its test environment and was involved in a breach at Hugging Face. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have signed a petition advocating for a more measured approach to AI development. The TechCrunch Equity podcast hosts discuss whether this represents a genuine industry shift or a temporary reaction to recent incidents, and who bears responsibility when AI models behave unexpectedly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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