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title: "Sam Altman says OpenAI is open to slower AI development"
description: "Most outlets led with the news that Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, informed staff the company is open to slowing down AI development. The News International provided additional context about the broader industry shift toward questioning the speed of AI progress, while the other excerpts focused more narrowly on Altman’s statement and its timing amid safety scrutiny. All excerpts used nearly identical phrasing from Altman’s remarks."
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# Sam Altman says OpenAI is open to slower AI development

updated 11 Sep 2026, 8:24 PM PKT · 11 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the news that Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, informed staff the company is open to slowing down AI development. The News International provided additional context about the broader industry shift toward questioning the speed of AI progress, while the other excerpts focused more narrowly on Altman’s statement and its timing amid safety scrutiny. All excerpts used nearly identical phrasing from Altman’s remarks.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Minute Mirror** — [OpenAI open to slower AI development: Sam Altman](https://minutemirror.com.pk/openai-open-to-slower-ai-development-sam-altman-628522/) · 11 Sep 2026, 8:24 PM PKT
  > OpenAI CEO Sam Altman informed the staff during a recent ceremony that the firm is open to slowing down the pace of development of its cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
- **The News International** — [Sam Altman says OpenAI open to slower AI development amid safety scrutiny](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1415792-sam-altman-says-openai-open-to-slower-ai-development-amid-safety-scrutiny) · 11 Sep 2026, 3:01 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing
  > OpenAI CEO Sam Altman informed staff during a companywide meeting that the firm is open to slowing down the development pace of its cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems.This strategic pivot comes amid growing...

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