‘It's out of our hands anyway’: Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes says there probably isn’t a need to pause AI development despite widespread warnings
Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes has said he believes there is no immediate need to slow down development of AI, despite several recent high-profile incidents leading to growing calls for such action.
Speaking to media at the recent Atlassian Team Europe 2026 event, Cannon-Brookes indicated that the company isn't planning any changes to its development lifecycle going forward.
"We tend to take a very textured approach to all that sort of thing," he noted. "Will we slow down? No, we won't. There's no logical world where I think that happens."
AI rewards
Cannon-Brookes went on to note that if nations are competing to stay ahead when it comes to the latest advances in the AI space, this will necessarily mean that development will continue at a pace.
"I think we're pretty good at broadly adapting to all these sorts of things," he said, looking to emphasize the rewards of AI, such...
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