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backed

[bakt] / bækt /


ADJECTIVE
supplied with a back
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But questions have continued to mount over what any sort of "slowdown" - also backed by SpaceX boss Elon Musk - would actually look like.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s weekend urging of an AI slowdown was backed by Altman as well as Elon Musk and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Tech firms tumbled Monday after leaders of companies at the forefront of the AI boom backed calls for a slowdown in development in the sector amid warnings that it could pose a threat to humanity.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

OpenAI leader Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Amodei’s call to check the pace of AI development.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

“Joel was like a godfather to me—a partner in my firm, the guy that ‘discovered’ me and backed me before anyone outside my family did.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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