# Competitors and Adversaries Will Not Slow Down by John Cornyn > “One thing is for sure: [AI companies’] competitors won’t [slow down], including our nation’s adversaries.” > **— John Cornyn**, *Sep. 13, 2026; United States Senator from Texas* ## Sources and Context - **Direct or near-primary source:** [Open source](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/technology/silicon-valley-ai-slowdown.html) — PRESS / QUOTED SOCIAL POST • The New York Times — “Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown” Supplied exact wording: “One thing is for sure: their competitors won’t, including our nation’s adversaries.” Context supplied in the dossier: “On proposals for AI developers to slow frontier development:” - **Editorial clarification:** Square brackets in the Reminder make the supplied source context explicit. Supplied wording variant(s): “One thing is for sure: their competitors won’t, including our nation’s adversaries.” ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “One thing is for sure: [AI companies’] competitors won’t [slow down], including our nation’s adversaries.” — John Cornyn, Sep. 13, 2026; United States Senator from Texas https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-john-cornyn-competitors-and-adversaries-will-not-slow-down ```