"Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive, and their risks will be manageable," read the open letter [here], signed by countless luminaries from the technology industry and various other fields. Emad Mostaque, CEO of Stability AI, a leader in the generative AI space inked it. Many less prominent researchers did too. "We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4."