More than 1,100 employees from leading AI companies have signed a petition asking the US government to support international tools that could deliberately pace frontier AI development. Signatories come from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and other labs. The letter, titled Pacing the Frontier, states there is a real risk that future systems could exceed humanity's ability to understand or control them, especially if AI begins automating its own research. It does not call for an immediate pause. Instead it asks Washington to back an international effort to create the technical and governance mechanisms needed to moderate the pace if acceleration becomes too rapid. Notable backers include Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI's chief scientist. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have publicly endorsed the statement. The move comes amid intense commercial competition and recent concerns over autonomous AI systems and security incidents.
More than 1,100 employees from leading AI companies have signed a petition asking the US government to support international tools that could deliberately pace frontier AI development. Signatories come from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and other labs. The letter, titled Pacing the Frontier, states there is a real risk that future systems could exceed humanity's ability to understand or control them, especially if AI begins automating its own research. It does not call for an immediate pause. Instead it asks Washington to back an international effort to create the technical and governance mechanisms needed to moderate the pace if acceleration becomes too rapid. Notable backers include Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI's chief scientist. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have publicly endorsed the statement. The move comes amid intense commercial competition and recent concerns over autonomous AI systems and security incidents.