OpenAI's chief scientist, Anthropic researchers, and other AI leaders are publicly urging governments and rivals to impose restraint on the pace of AI development, citing loss-of-control risks. The Trump administration opposes a slowdown on competitive grounds against China. OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, framed as a leap toward AGI, while an unreleased model solved a Millennium Prize math problem, highlighting accelerating capability gains. For financial institutions, this signals rising regulatory and geopolitical uncertainty around AI deployment timelines and liability. Also reported by: https://www.axios.com/2026/09/03/bernie-sanders-superintelligence-ban-ai-pause · https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-resigns-warning-reckless-race-toward-superintelligence/
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