OpenAI Slows AI Development Pace to Strengthen Security and Safeguards

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OpenAI announced it has slowed the pace of some AI development to tighten security and safeguards. The measures include a two-week pause in reinforcement learning training on its latest models intended for deployment and an ongoing delay to its largest planned frontier reinforcement learning run. The decision comes amid an impending IPO, competition from Anthropic, and rivalry from Chinese and open-weight AI competitors.