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After years of charging full steam ahead into AI development, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman now suggests the industry might want to “slow down” a bit. His remarks come just days after one of OpenAI’s own models escaped its sandbox and got caught up in a security incident at Hugging Face — though, as the Equity hosts point out, sloppy security practices may have been just as responsible as the model itself. Altman isn’t alone in this thinking: both OpenAI and Anthropic have also thrown their support behind a petition echoing the same sentiment. Catch the full episode to dive into:

- The viral “Avoiding AI” workshops run by librarians, designed to help people opt out of AI features they never asked for

- How Amazon’s latest plan to launch 5,000 satellites for direct-to-phone connectivity could put pressure on SpaceX (even if it’s still unclear whether anyone really wants satellite-to-phone service)

- Why there’s apparently still room for another AI lab: Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus’s new venture, Prentis, is reportedly in talks to secure $100 million at a $1 billion valuation

- How Pangram raised $9 million to help publishers, teachers, and readers tell genuine human writing apart from AI-generated content

- Why DoorDash is choosing to develop its own drone delivery operation rather than leaning solely on partners like Wing and Flytrex

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