# AI Labs Want to Pause — But Only If Everyone Else Does First

- slug: ai-labs-want-to-pause-but-only-if-everyone-else-does-first
- date: 2026-03-23
- category: Artificial Intelligence

A march from Anthropic to OpenAI to xAI landed the same weekend the Trump administration released a framework designed to keep AI innovation ungoverned by the states.

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