NYT | Technology Follow OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought “It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/podcasts/openais-two-week-pause-jill-lepore-on-the-threat-of-the-artificial-state-train-of-thought.html nytimes.com