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OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threatof the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought

“It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.”

Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley21 Aug 2026, 11:32 amUpdated 3d ago1 min readTechGlobal

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OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought

“It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.”

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Source: The New York Times · Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley. Published 21 Aug 2026, 11:32 am.

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