MIRI CEO says AI pause requires government intervention (eco.sapo.pt)

• MIRI CEO Malo Bourgon says an AI development pause could make sense soon.
• He stated that government intervention is necessary because companies have no individual incentive to pause.
• Bourgon compared the AI race to nuclear proliferation and highlighted chip supply concentration (TSMC, ASML) as a control lever.
• He noted massive international coordination is required but might be easier than nuclear arms control.

"CEO of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) told Lusa that a pause in AI development is possible but only with government action. He argued companies lack incentives to slow down and highlighted concentrated chip supply chains (TSMC, ASML) as potential control points for regulation."