AI Safety Alarm Bells Ring as Industry and Governments Grapple with the Race to AGI

OpenAI's chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, wrote Sunday that "the idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one internalizes the seriousness of the stakes." He is begging for someone, anyone—governments, rivals, or outside institutions—to impose restraint across the field. This is not a casual plea; it is a desperate call from the heart of the AI race itself, as the company's own breakthroughs sharpen an extraordinary dilemma: slow down and risk falling...