OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki says no lab has solved alignment enough to keep scaling at maximum speed, and hopes voluntary slowdowns become commonplace (OpenAI)

OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki stated that no research lab has achieved sufficient alignment to justify continued maximum-speed scaling of AI models. He cited the mid-2023 “RLSlow” project as evidence that alignment remains incomplete. Pachocki urges the industry to adopt voluntary slowdowns until alignment standards are met.