After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up ina breach at Hugging Face—though as Equity’s hosts point out, sloppy security seems to have been just as much to blame as the model itself.AndAltman’s not alone in this stance: both OpenAI and Anthropic have come out in support ofa petitionechoing that same message.
On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into whether the industry is ready to pump the brakes orjusttemporarilyspooked, andwho’son the hook when a model goes rogue.
Listen to the full episode to hear more about:
- Theviral “Avoiding AI” workshopshosted by librarians to help people opt out of AI features theydidn’task for
- HowAmazon’s new 5,000-satellite bidto connect directly to your phone could turn up the heat on SpaceX (even thoughit’sunclear if anyoneactually wantssatellite-to-phone service)
- Why somehow there’s room for one more AI lab: Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus’s new startup, Prentis, isin talks to raise $100M at a $1B valuation
- HowPangram raised $9 millionto help publishers, teachers, and readers tell human writing from AI slop
- Why DoorDash isbuilding its own drone delivery businessinstead of just relying on partners like Wing andFlytrex
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Kirsten Korosec is a reporter and editor who has covered the future of transportation from EVs and autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility and in-car tech for more than a decade. She is currently the transportation editor at TechCrunch and co-host of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. She is also co-founder and co-host of the podcast, “The Autonocast.” She previously wrote for Fortune, The Verge, Bloomberg, MIT Technology Review and CBS Interactive.
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Sean O’Kane is a reporter who has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the transportation industry, including Tesla and the many startups chasing Elon Musk. Most recently, he was a reporter at Bloomberg News where he helped break stories about some of the most notorious EV SPAC flops. He previously worked at The Verge, where he also covered consumer technology, hosted many short- and long-form videos, performed product and editorial photography, and once nearly passed out in a Red Bull Air Race plane.
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Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City.
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Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University.
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