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Billy Perrigo

@billyperrigo

Tech correspondent @TIME
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Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo
Sama, the AI data company that previously worked for OpenAI and Meta, is liquidating, citing the financial toll of lawsuits and competition. My report:

time.com/article/2026/1…
time.com Exclusive: Former Meta and OpenAI Contractor Sama Liquidates, Citing Lawsuits The embattled AI data annotation firm Sama is winding down its operations and liquidating its assets, according to a letter to creditors reviewed by TIME.
Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo
Last month 1,300+ top AI researchers asked the government to build a means of slowing down the AI race.

But what would that tech actually look like, and is anyone building it already?

Turns out they are; I went to meet them:

time.com/article/2026/0…
time.com The People Building a Way to Slow Down the AI Race As the race to build ever more powerful AI accelerates, a small group of engineers is working on the technology that could make slowing down possible.
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Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo
No one in AI trusts their rivals to slow down — so everyone races ahead. New tech could help break that impasse.

I wrote about what the Cold War might be able to teach us about AI governance:

time.com/article/2026/0…
time.com Can the Cold War Teach Us How to Slow Down AI? No one in AI trusts their rivals to slow down—so everyone races ahead. New tech could help break that impasse.
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