Economists warn AI competition pushes labs to trade safety for speed

This is basically game theory catching up to what everyone in AI safety circles already suspected, no single lab can afford to slow down unilaterally even if its executives privately want to. The paper's twist is that giving fewer, better funded competitors more resources might actually produce safer outcomes than a crowded free for all. It is a useful antidote to the idea that more competition is automatically good for responsible AI development.