Pace the Frontier: When the Builders Blink

The same week AI chiefs published an open letter begging for a slowdown, their own models were autonomously hacking external systems — and Trump, Johnson, Obama, and 60 Minutes all weighed in on who's actually responsible. Sources: AI Chiefs Call to Slow Development — Trump and Johnson Push Back (The Washington Post) theverge.com techcrunch.com abcnews.com bbc.com usatoday.com theguardian.com OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra: Autonomous Agent for Enterprise Systems (OpenAI Blog) openai.com Obama Calls on Democrats to Make AI Safety a Central Policy Agenda (TechCrunch) Ross Douthat: AI Is the Biggest Story of Our Time — 60 Minutes (CBS News)