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OpenAI asked Congress whether slowing down is legal. The bill on the table says yes, if almost nothing else is the reason

Sam Altman told staff OpenAI could pace frontier development alongside other labs, and OpenAI asked lawmakers whether that would breach antitrust law. The bipartisan bill that would answer it permits coordinated delays for loss-of-control risks — if not more than an insubstantial part of the reason is anything else. That week, OpenAI stopped selling its top tier for lack of compute.