In this op-ed with The Dispatch, Breakwater Partner Steven Weber reflects on signing the now-infamous “pause letter” of 2023 and argues that Anthropic’s new Mythos model is creating a rare opening to move past the entrenched “boomer vs. doomer” debate, which has paralyzed productive AI policy for years. Drawing on historical parallels from pharmaceutical regulation and the 1975 Asilomar conference, Steven makes the case that risk-adjusted oversight and innovation are not zero-sum, and that thoughtful rule-writing benefits serious developers. Read more from Steven here.