Sam Altman: Won’t ‘Slow Down’ AI, But Development Pace Needs to Be Controlled Fox Business Network reporter Darren Botelho pressed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on July 29 about whether he would discuss slowing down AI development with the Trump administration. Altman didn’t agree with the term ‘slow down’ but admitted that OpenAI has discussed how to control the pace of development as models are becoming increasingly powerful. He also mentioned that it’s ‘possible’ for other systems to be compromised by OpenAI. When the reporter continued to ask whether an investigation was underway and about new regulations regarding an AI ‘emergency stop switch,’ Altman simply stated that he was not yet aware of the relevant details.