{
  "id": 7461369,
  "title": "Big AI slowdown a safety pause or strategic retreat?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/big-ai-slowdown-a-safety-pause-or-strategic-retreat",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T03:15:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/big-ai-slowdown-a-safety-pause-or-strategic-retreat/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Over the weekend, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including his own, to slow down their work. Sam Altman and Elon Musk, heads of rivals OpenAI and xAI respectively, agreed. The move reflects concern across the AI industry and, more broadly, about the dangers of new, rapidly improving systems. Recent high-profile incidents such as […] The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/is-big-techs-ai-slowdown-a-safety-pact-or-a-cartel",
        "published": "2026-09-14T22:59:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}