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The 26 researchers examine a scenario in which governments agree to pause frontier AI model training for at least 10 years. They say their task is to assess feasibility, not whether a pause is desirable.","The proposal centers on halting production of new AI training chips, retiring existing training capacity over time and shifting to inference-focused chips for approved models. The report also discusses mutual monitoring and ways to detect violations. This is a policy design advanced by researchers; it is not a government-adopted agreement, ban or current rule."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"US","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"حجم المجموعة والمدة الدنيا التي تتناولها ورقة العمل المؤرخة 9 أكتوبر.","de":"Gruppengröße und Mindestdauer im Arbeitspapier vom 9. 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