Pragya Misra on Slow down AI development

Pragya Misra

Head of Strategy & Global Affairs, India at OpenAI; public-policy and AI-governance leader.

We have slowed down reinforcement learning and training runs because we do believe that safety should be of utmost priority. Of course, we want to hit AGI as soon as possible and we want to get there first. But we also want to make sure that AGI benefits all of humanity.

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Pragya Misra, Head of Strategy & Global Affairs, India at OpenAI, quoted in Karan Mahadik, “TASI 2026: AI safety, child protection take centre stage at panel discussion,” The Indian Express, October 15, 2026. The article reports her saying OpenAI had slowed reinforcement learning and training runs because safety should be the utmost priority.

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AI Verified Statement key ideas: slowing AI development. The quote explicitly says OpenAI “slowed down reinforcement learning and training runs,” which is a direct slowdown of AI development; its safety rationale gives a clear supportive stance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified After verified relevance, the quote’s explicit statement that OpenAI “slowed down reinforcement learning and training runs” supports slowing AI development. Recorded answer “for” is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The Indian Express, published October 15, 2026, quotes Pragya Misra verbatim: “We have slowed down reinforcement learning and training runs ... safety should be of utmost priority.” Attribution, content, and day-level date match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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