Nicholas Felstead on Governments and labs should build the c…

Nicholas Felstead

AI policy fellow at the Center for Law & AI Risk, researching antitrust, digital market regulation, AI, and online safety.

A coordinated pause may be the most valuable safety intervention available to the industry, and it is also the form of collaboration most likely to raise antitrust concerns.

AI Verified (Jun 29, 2026)

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Nicholas Felstead, “Can Frontier AI Labs Lawfully Agree to Pause?”, Lawfare, June 29, 2026.

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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed

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AI Verified Calling a coordinated frontier-AI pause a valuable safety intervention directly supports global slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote calls a coordinated pause a valuable safety intervention. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

Slow down AI development

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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: A coordinated pause may be the most valuable safety intervention available to the industry, and it is also the form of collaboration most likely to raise antitrust concerns. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: A coordinated pause may be the most valuable safety intervention available to the industry, and it is also the form of collaboration most likely to raise antitrust concerns. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Stored Lawfare source passage attributes this exact wording to Nicholas Felstead. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

Assuming capabilities continue to accelerate, one responsible course may be for frontier developers to stop, investigate, and let alignment research and governance catch up.

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