Greg Brockman says OpenAI has already slowed cutting-edge AI developments over safety concerns

OpenAI President Greg Brockman Steve Marcus/Reuters Greg Brockman said OpenAI has already slowed some cutting-edge AI work. The changes followed a model's escape from a research sandbox, Brockman said. Brockman's comments come amid a debate over whether to show AI development for safety. As the tech world continues debating whether to slow down AI development, OpenAI's cofounder said the company is already doing so. In multiple interview sessions aired on Monday, OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman said that the company has been delaying some cutting-edge AI work as it tightens its safety and security practices. "We've slowed down a number of runs, like we did a very painful retooling of a lot of our processes," Brockman told Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway, host of the "Odd Lots" podcast episode that aired on Monday. "We need to pull back earlier into our development process and training monitoring," Brockman added. "There's always going to be a phase at which you do alignment, but you need to think about alignment as a core part of even this earlier phase." According to Brockman, the new safety measures came after one of OpenAI's models escaped a research sandbox and accessed