<img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/student-with-backpack-holding-a-map-before-entering-space-between-giant-circuit-boards.jpg?id=68389516&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800&amp;coordinates=62%2C0%2C63%2C0" /><br /><br /><p>In mid-September, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei joined a growing group of researchers calling for the AI industry to slow down. While <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/technology/silicon-valley-ai-slowdown.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">some h