Mark Zuckerberg on Slow down AI development

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta CEO; Facebook co-founder

Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens. [...] Committing the significant majority of compute towards serving people rather than racing towards recursive self-improvement is one of the best ways to ensure we develop this technology safely.

AI Verified (Sep 16, 2026)

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Mark Zuckerberg, quoted by the Associated Press in “Zuckerberg distances Meta from calls for a coordinated approach on an AI slowdown,” September 16, 2026. Zuckerberg said that each lab should move at the pace required to train its models safely and that directing most compute toward serving people rather than racing toward recursive self-improvement is among the best ways to develop AI safely.

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Slow down AI development

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AI Verified Zuckerberg urges labs to train at a safety-required pace and prioritize serving people over racing recursive self-improvement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The quote favors safety-paced model development over racing recursive self-improvement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified AP’s Sep. 16 report reproduces Zuckerberg’s X post, including the stored wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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