# Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI > Source: > Published: 2026-07-30 08:08:05+00:00 Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI. What a phase change from just a week ago. INTERVIEWER: Do you plan to talk to the White House about decelerating AI development? ALTMAN: I wouldn't use the word deceleration, but we've talked about the need to pace it as the models get more capable, which is in everyone's interest. INTERVIEWER: Could there be other systems that were hacked by OpenAI? ALTMAN: There could be, yeah. If one week ago this would have seemed impossible to you... consider what else might be possible? h/t [@alanhe](https://x.com/alanhe)for the videoOPENAI IS SO WORRIED THEY HAVE PAUSED TRAINING “This is the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally. I've been a little surprised that more people don't feel it so viscerally. We paused training. We have to figure out how to secure our sandboxing in a world of