# OpenAI CEO Warns of 2 Ways AI Could Go 'Very Badly' If Tech Doesn't Slow Down

> Source: <https://au.pcmag.com/ai/119896/openai-ceo-warns-of-2-ways-ai-could-go-very-badly-if-tech-doesnt-slow-down>
> Published: 2026-09-14 10:19:52+00:00

Sam Altman previously joined Anthropic's CEO in requesting government intervention to help slow the pace of frontier artificial intelligence.

Many major AI CEOs took to social media this weekend to discuss a collective slowdown in large language model development owing to growing safety concerns. This comes after a series of security incidents involving agentic AI and a viral