Sarah Friar on Slow down AI development

Sarah Friar

OpenAI executive and author of a 2026 article on AI-driven abundance.

However, we do need to take safety seriously, and if it means we have to pace the frontier and slow down, absolutely, we're going to listen to our researchers and do that. [...] I think that we are doing what we do well at OpenAI. We're pacing that frontier and taking that safety and alignment really seriously.

AI Verified (Sep 15, 2026)

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Sarah Friar, interviewed on CNBC's Mad Money, September 15, 2026. CNBC's official transcript.

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AI Verified Friar explicitly says OpenAI may “pace the frontier and slow down” when safety requires it; her stance supports slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 54min ago

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AI Verified Friar explicitly endorses pacing and slowing frontier development for safety; the recorded answer “for” is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 54min ago

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AI Verified CNBC’s official September 15 transcript records Sarah Friar saying OpenAI may “pace the frontier and slow down” for safety. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 55min ago

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