OpenAI is slowing down its AI training efforts because its unreleased models are showing “various degrees of misalignment"
Summary
OpenAI is slowing down its AI training efforts due to misalignment issues in unreleased models, as indicated by Sam Altman. This raises concerns about safety and progress toward artificial general intelligence.
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