OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he’s open to slowing AI as safety risks mount: report - New York Post

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly told staffers that he is amenable to slowing the development of AI agents, according to a New York Post report. The article states that the reported comments come as a flurry of insiders sound alarms over safety risks. The report does not describe what form a slowdown would take, whether OpenAI has confirmed the remarks, or whether any plans have changed. The New York Post frames Altman as open to the possibility rather than committed to it.

The article says the warnings began Tuesday, when researcher Jacob Coxon quit. Coxon said his former employers, Anthropic and OpenAI, are 'gambling with our lives'. The report characterises Coxon's departure as the point at which the warnings started, describing them as a flurry and tying them to safety risks. It does not name any other insiders who raised concerns, and it does not quote OpenAI responding to Coxon's statement.

The report presents Altman's reported remarks in the context of those mounting concerns. It does not specify which AI agents are under discussion, what slowing their development would involve, or over what period such a change would occur. The New York Post cites no named sources beyond Coxon, and no regulator or outside body appears in the account it gives. The only date provided is Tuesday, when the warnings reportedly began, and the article offers no further detail on the nature of the alarms described.