OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki published an essay on September 6, 2026, stating his belief that no AI lab has solved alignment and monitoring well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed responsibly. In “An Alien Mind,” posted on OpenAI’s website, Pachocki wrote that he expects and hopes for voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established, and that he believes international coordination on future AI development needs to become a top priority for…