Science & Technology

Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI | Equity Podcast

Published

3 months ago

July 31, 2026

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up in a breach at Hugging Face — though as Equity’s hosts point out, sloppy security seems to have been just as much to blame as the model itself. And Altman’s not alone in this stance: both OpenAI and Anthropic have come out in support of a petition echoing that same message.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into whether the industry is ready to pump the brakes or just temporarily spooked, and who’s on the hook when a model goes rogue.

Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

1:18 Zoox gets its robotaxi exemption

2:11 Sam Altman calls for pacing the frontier

6:01 The Hugging Face hack, dissected

10:12 Responsibility, regulation, and the Elon Musk wildcard

13:29 Librarians teaching people to unplug from AI

15:16 Prentice: a new AI lab raises at a $1B valuation

16:46 Amazon files for its own satellite-to-phone network

18:42 SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the launch-business angle

23:48 Pangram raises $9M to detect AI slop

29:23 DoorDash builds its own delivery drones

33:24 Outro

Up Next

Were You an Internet ‘Newbie’ in 1995?

Don't Miss

This Robot Has Smart… Skin?! | What The Future

Click to comment

CNET

M6 MacBook Pro vs MacBook Pro PROLED

Two new 14” MacBook Pros with some pretty big differences. Could you tell which one was which with the glow off? 👀🌟💻 Which MacBook Pro are you more interested in? 🤔 #macbook #macbookpro #apple #proled #m6 #versus You can find the products mentioned in this video linked below *CNET may get a commission on these…

Published

13 hours ago

November 9, 2026

CYBER TECH TV

Two new 14” MacBook Pros with some pretty big differences. Could you tell which one was which with the glow off? 👀🌟💻

Which MacBook Pro are you more interested in? 🤔 #macbook #macbookpro #apple #proled #m6 #versus

You can find the products mentioned in this video linked below
*CNET may get a commission on these offers

CNET

iPhone Duo Livestream: How Many Folds Can Apple’s Phone Take? Day 11

Apple’s iPhone Duo is out and we want to see how durable it is. So we built a robot to fold it 20,000+ times a day to test its limits. How long do you think it will last? 100,000 folds? 200,000 folds? 500,000 folds? Tune in and watch the testing live. We’ll have CNET’s editors…

Published

14 hours ago

November 9, 2026

CYBER TECH TV

Read more about the iPhone Duo Folding Test on CNET.com
We Answer 16 Questions About Folding the iPhone Duo Hundreds of Thousands of Times

The iPhone Duo Is Now in Our Custom-Made Foldable Phone Test Machine. Will It Beat the Galaxy Fold 8?

iPhone Duo Review: Late to the Foldable Party, but It Steals the Show

Check out the 3D Printer Matthew Murray used to print the sled that iPhone Duo is sitting on:
Looking for the Most Accurate 3D Printer? Our Exclusive Testing Reveals One Clear Winner

Video Credits:
Host: Matthew Murray
Producer: Stephen Beacham
Thumbnail Designer: Zooey Liao

#apple #iphone #iphonefold #iphoneduo #applefoldable #foldablephone #foldable #folding

CNET

Fold-A-Phone Week 3, Stream Day 11: 362K folds on the iPhone Duo!

No, it’s not AI. It’s week three of Fold-A-Phone! Every four seconds brings us one fold closer to the breaking point. Tune in today with CNET Labs Director Matthew Murray at 1pm EST to 5pm EST on YouTube. #foldaphone #iphoneduo #apple #durability #allthingsmobile

Published

19 hours ago

November 9, 2026

CYBER TECH TV