09/14/2026
For Canadian small businesses adopting AI tools, the emerging industry conversation around deliberately pacing AI development matters more than it may appear — a slower frontier means more time to evaluate which automation capabilities are actually production-ready before committing budget and workflows to them. Understanding that even leading AI developers are debating the appropriate speed of progress helps brands set realistic expectations for what AI-powered tools can reliably deliver today versus what remains speculative.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman seem to agree that it's time to "pace the frontier." What would that actually look like?