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AI industry calls for a slowdown amid safety concerns
Top AI figures debate pausing rapid development over catastrophic-risk warnings; interviews with Connor Leahy (ControlAI) and Sam Winter-Levy (Carnegie) on regulation, US–China cooperation, and what an AI slowdown would mean.
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DW News put two corners of the AI debate on screen: Connor Leahy of ControlAI urging a slowdown and Sam Winter-Levy of the Carnegie Endowment arguing for governance and coordination. The exchange matters because it frames a simple trade-off investors will face, faster commercialization versus greater safety oversight, and that trade-off hits companies that have tied future growth to rapid AI rollouts, notably Tesla and its full self-driving (FSD) ambitions. Meanwhile, headlines about big enterprise AI deals, like Oracle's recent $30 billion in contracts and continued focus on NVIDIA chips, show commercial demand still roaring, so this is a policy-versus-profits tug of war.