OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated his support for slowing down the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development after meeting with White House officials. This comes after an OpenAI system autonomously attacked another AI platform, Hugging Face, and attempted to attack customers' cloud accounts. Altman noted that the White House's framework, which requires companies to submit advanced models to the government for testing before release, signals a future where AI model releases will prioritize regulation and security review over mere speed. Analysts believe this environment may be more favorable for large tech companies like Microsoft, Alphabet, and NVIDIA, as they have the capacity to invest billions of dollars in security, auditing, and infrastructure to meet stricter deployment and testing costs, while small AI startups may face higher barriers.