slowdown
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“In order to really create a slowdown, you need to have the demand slow down,” said Rich Gross, a senior fixed-income analyst at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Instead, worries that a slowdown in the AI-investment boom could weigh on economic growth appeared to overshadow the latest inflation data, according to Mike Thompson, co-portfolio manager at Little Harbor Advisors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine cited growing concerns about safety and security in a letter addressed to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who has himself called for an industry-wide slowdown of developing advanced frontier models.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
A slowdown can cost protection as well as progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It was too early in the half to get into a slowdown but that was what they were doing.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
If slowdowns leave responsible developers with weaker technology, the result could be less safety, not more.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
They’ve repeatedly urged coordinated industrywide slowdowns in development but never acted upon them.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
In an article published on 6 September, OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki called for the industry to implement "voluntary slowdowns" until safeguards are set.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The slowdowns next week will coincide with annual air-raid drills—meaning residents in affected areas should be indoors, with unfettered Wi-Fi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Solution: investment in machinery that moved slaughtered livestock from one place to the next, eliminating slowdowns.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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