More Than 1,100 AI Lab Employees Urge U.S. Government to Develop Global Mechanism to Slow Automated AI Research
More than 1,100 employees from frontier artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, signed a joint statement urging the U.S. government to lead an international effort to build technical and governance tools capable of deliberately slowing the pace of automated AI research. The petition specifically addresses the risk of recursive self-improvement, warning that commercial competition prevents individual labs from unilaterally pausing model development before AI systems surpass human oversight.
Signatories filed the request in their personal capacities, though the proposal received official endorsements from OpenAI and Anthropic, aligning the petition with their recent public safety research. The statement is backed by independent researchers who argue that the current commercial race has created security risks that require international coordination and government-managed guardrails to ensure a sustainable development trajectory.
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@businessOpenAI and Anthropic employees are circulating a petition that calls on the US government to support a mechanism that would help “deliberately pace” AI development to prevent the technology from advancing too fast
@firstsquawkOPENAI, ANTHROPIC STAFF CIRCULATE PETITION URGING US TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO 'DELIBERATELY PACE' FRONTIER AI DEVELOPMENT, WARNING OF RISK IT ADVANCES FASTER THAN HUMANS CAN CONTROL; LETTER ALSO SHARED WITH GOOGLE DEEPMIND STAFF,
@andrewcurran_OpenAl and Anthropic employees are circulating a petition calling for the US government to deliberately pace Al development in order to prevent it from advancing too quickly. This is very close to language Sam Altman used in a podcast inte
@mtsliveSITUATION BREWING: Employees at OpenAI and Anthropic are circulating a petition urging the US to support an international effort to “deliberately pace” frontier AI development, per Bloomberg.
@shiringhaffaryNEW: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind staff are circulating a letter asking the US government to support a mechanism that could help “deliberately pace” AI development if needed, bc of risks of the technology becoming out of control w/
@zeffmaxRT @shiringhaffary: NEW: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind staff are circulating a letter asking the US government to support a mechanism…
@rachelmetzRT @shiringhaffary: NEW: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind staff are circulating a letter asking the US government to support a mechanism…
@maxforai卧槽？这好像真的有点吓人了..... OpenAI和Anthropic的在职员工居然联合起来了？？ 据Bloomberg报道，这份正在 @OpenAI 和 @AnthropicAI 两家公司内部流传的请愿书，要求美国政府支持建立一套国际机制，在必要时“主动控制前沿自动化AI研发的节奏”。 请愿书明确警告，AI存在“真实风险”，其进步速度可能快到人类无法理解或控制。 更关键的是，他们点名担忧的不是聊天机器人、虚假信息或者失业，而是自动化AI研究。 请愿书里表示当AI开
@blackhcRT @shiringhaffary: NEW: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind staff are circulating a letter asking the US government to support a mechanism…
@blackhcGlad I was able to sign it 😊
@techmemeSources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind staffers are sharing a letter asking the US government to "deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development" (Bloomberg) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
@zeffmaxthis is now live, and wow some big names on this call for the US to "pace" AI development. The letter is not calling for a pause or slowdown in AI development, but says that "the world should have the option."
@scaling01Frontier company employees and execs are signing a letter to slow down the development of frontier models internationally "We request that the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools ne
@ethanjperezRT @shiringhaffary: NEW: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind staff are circulating a letter asking the US government to support a mechanism…
@_nathancalvinRT @TheZvi: Full text of the Pacing the Frontier statement, signed by 1,122 employees for frontier AI companies so far, including a bunch o…
@_nathancalvinRT @dylhunn: I signed today’s statement on pacing the frontier, alongside 1000+ other lab employees, including many of my colleagues and re…
@_nathancalvinRT @GabrielDWu1: Huge new letter that calls for in international effort to develop the tools to deliberately pace RSI:
@_nathancalvinRT @ZeffMax: this is now live, and wow some big names on this call for the US to "pace" AI development. The letter is not calling for a pa…
@alltheyudRT @TheZvi: Full text of the Pacing the Frontier statement, signed by 1,122 employees for frontier AI companies so far, including a bunch o…
@techmemeOver 1,100 staffers from AI companies, including John Schulman and OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki, sign a letter requesting the US government to "pace" AI development (Bloomberg) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
@thestalwartRT @ShakeelHashim: Big new open letter from AI company employees just dropped. “We request that the US government support an international…
@mtsliveSITUATION UPDATE: The letter has been published. 1,122 frontier AI lab employees have signed so far.
@andrewcurran_The full statement has been released.
@andrewcurran_RT @AndrewCurran_: The full statement has been released.
@ethanjperezRT @Hadas_Gold: Ok these are some big names on this open letter, calling on the US government to support governance tools to "deliberately…