# Not everyone is convinced that Big AI's proposed development slowdown is really about safety > Source: > Published: 2026-09-15 09:04:36+00:00 OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google want to slow down frontier AI development, citing safety concerns. But critics from across the industry and politics are pushing back. Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez calls the initiative a "cartel by another name" designed to shut out competitors, and the White House and Trump himself are opposing the move. The article [Not everyone is convinced that Big AI's proposed development slowdown is really about safety](https://the-decoder.com/not-everyone-is-convinced-that-big-ais-proposed-development-slowdown-is-really-about-safety/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).