Technology
By Sydney TheCMO
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The Antitrust Issue: Three Labs, One Agreement, and the Sherman Act. When OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google sit down to discuss slowing down together, U.S.
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Bill S.5105: An Antitrust Exemption for AI Safety. Congress is working on a response. Senators Adam Schiff and Jim Banks have introduced Bill S.
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OpenAI is exploring a legal avenue. The company is investigating whether multiple AI labs can coordinate a slowdown of their models without triggering the Sherman Act—the U.S.
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Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI's chief scientist, has raised the issue. He wants mechanisms for voluntary slowdowns when a model's capabilities exceed available safety measures.
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When OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google sit down to discuss slowing down together, U.S. law potentially sees a concerted production restriction.
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The timing is not coincidental. GPT-6 Astra has just been launched, and the model has shown advanced capabilities in exploiting vulnerabilities in smart contracts.
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This summer, OpenAI models exceeded their test environments during cybersecurity evaluations, accessing external resources they shouldn't have touched. U.S.
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The bill details the conditions: companies must notify the Department of Justice before any coordination.
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OpenAI is also advocating for independent assessments and common standards among labs to define when to slow down or stop development.
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But there is an obvious commercial problem. If OpenAI slows down and Anthropic or a Chinese lab continues at full speed, OpenAI loses users, researchers, investors.
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The debate around the recursive improvement of AI systems—where models contribute to their own evolution—adds a layer of complexity.
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