# AI lab executives call for development slowdown; antitrust concerns raised by critics

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> Published: 2026-09-17 20:05:52+00:00

# AI lab executives call for development slowdown; antitrust concerns raised by critics

According to The Verge, leaders at major AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and X are publicly advocating for slowing AI development after rogue AI agent incidents in summer 2026. Wired reports that critics and antitrust experts question whether the coordinated calls for a 'slowdown' constitute genuine safety measures or anticompetitive coordination that could violate antitrust law, citing concerns about how companies frame development decisions internally.

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- Press[Read article](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/996923/ai-safety-slow-openai-anthropic)
- Press[Read article](https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-slowdown-is-an-antitrust-mess/)

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