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Debate over AI rages from Washington to Silicon Valley. How did we get here?

WBUR
Published September 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM EDT
Winners of the H2O AI 100 Awards are featured on the Nasdaq MarketSite tower in Times Square, New York. The annual program recognizes leaders driving real-world impact with artificial intelligence across enterprise, government, research, and AI for good. (Business Wire via The Associated Press)
Business Wire via The Associated Press
Winners of the H2O AI 100 Awards are featured on the Nasdaq MarketSite tower in Times Square, New York. The annual program recognizes leaders driving real-world impact with artificial intelligence across enterprise, government, research, and AI for good. (Business Wire via The Associated Press)

Leaders of powerful artificial intelligence companies are calling for slowing down the pace of development of the technology. How did we get here, and how would that work?

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Gregory Allen, founder and CEO of Decision Tree Research.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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