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Opinion writer: Don't fall for 'old ruse' when AI leaders say they want to slow down competition

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Published September 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM EDT

Michael Dwyer/AP

The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying the ChatGPT home screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with opinion writer Eduardo Porter about why he’s skeptical of AI industry leaders’ claims that slowing down the development of artificial intelligence will keep the technology in check.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.