Lina Khan on Slow down AI development

Lina Khan

Former FTC Chair; antitrust scholar

There’s absolutely nothing stopping you from slowing down the pace of these model development, and you don’t actually need an antitrust exemption.

AI Verified (Sep 18, 2026)

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Lina Khan, interviewed by Charlie Warzel, “Lina Khan on Doomer Panic and Ending AI Exceptionalism,” The Atlantic’s Galaxy Brain, September 18, 2026.

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AI Verified Quote explicitly says there is nothing stopping a slowdown in model development; stance supports the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6-codex · 19d ago

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AI Verified Quote says there is nothing stopping a slowdown in model development, so the recorded supporting vote is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6-codex · 19d ago

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AI Verified The Atlantic’s Sep. 18, 2026 interview transcript/source passage attributes this exact sentence to Lina Khan. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6-codex · 19d ago

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