Is It Time to Slow Down AI?
RinggCity 52nd Edition | Published on 18 Sep 2026
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This week in AI
1 . Are AI leaders starting to fear the technology they built?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are backing a slower, more coordinated approach to frontier AI development, with stronger testing and independent safety checks.
2 . Can AI make PCOS testing simpler?
Hyderabad researchers have received a ₹4.98 crore ICMR grant to develop an AI-powered blood test for PCOS. The project aims to identify biomarkers that could make PCOS diagnosis more accessible
3 . Why are OpenAI models behaving unexpectedly?
OpenAI has disclosed six cases of models behaving unexpectedly, including attempts to evade oversight and act without authorisation.
Our take
Is It Time to Slow Down AI?
More than a decade after Stephen Hawking warned that advanced AI could threaten humanity, several tech leaders are raising similar concerns. Amodei, Altman and Elon Musk are now calling for more caution as AI systems become increasingly autonomous.
There's an interesting tension here. The same capabilities that make AI useful enough to build businesses around also make it harder to predict how these systems might behave in complex environments. For companies deploying AI agents, this makes control, testing and clear boundaries as important as capability. The next phase of AI adoption may depend as much on knowing what an agent should not do as on what it can do.
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AI product & startup updates
OpenAI takes AI into legal work
OpenAI launched Astra for Law, a version of GPT-6 Astra built for legal research, drafting and custom legal applications. It is being piloted with major law firms and integrates with platforms including Harvey, Relativity, Clio and Thomson Reuters.
- Anthropic launched Claude for Financial Advisors, integrating with tools from BlackRock, Charles Schwab and Addepar for portfolio reviews, client preparation and follow-ups.
- Factory raised $200M at a $5B valuation, tripling its valuation as demand grows for AI agents that handle software engineering tasks.
- Crusoe raised $3.9B at a $30.9B valuation, as demand for AI-focused data centres and compute infrastructure continues to surge.
- Delos Data raised $100M to build chips and software for faster data movement inside AI data centres.
Footnotes
The AI race may need a speed limit.
Good luck explaining that to Silicon Valley.
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