How an 'AI freeze' could make big AI companies bigger and hurt smaller firms

Critics say a slowdown of AI development among the largest companies could consolidate the power of frontier labs, just as many others are trying to catch up.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7716x5147+0+0/resize/7716x5147!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2F92%2F8c7b2e92419199eb4ed07a616108%2Fgettyimages-2295562157.jpg' alt='Critics say a slowdown of AI development among the largest companies could consolidate the power of frontier labs, just as many others are trying to catch up.'/><p>Critics say a slowdown of AI development among the largest companies could consolidate the power of frontier labs, just as many others are trying to catch up.</p><p>(Image credit: Dan Kitwood)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5973306' />