Ignoring everything else about "AI" and what not, which I do think is largely over hyped (I recognize that we've got a but of new systems and designs that can do things that weren't previously possible, I just don't "it's really thinking!!!!1!!!" from any of it):

What is a 6 month hiatus going/expected to do?

It would be like 70s LA saying "we're going to have a 6 month increase in fuel emission requirements" and then pretending that would do something to solve the smog.