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OpenAI, Anthropic Staff Urge US Support for Global AI Development Pacing
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Employees at the leading artificial intelligence firms are circulating a petition calling for government backing of an international framework to manage the speed of AI progress, citing risks of technology advancing beyond human control.
Employees at leading artificial intelligence firms OpenAI and Anthropic are petitioning the U.S. government to support an international system for controlling the speed of advanced AI development, according to a report from Bloomberg on Tuesday. The internal open letter highlights growing concerns from within the industry about the potential for AI to outpace human oversight.
A Call for Deliberate Pacing
The petition, which is being circulated among colleagues and may be released publicly this week, warns of "a real risk" that AI could advance faster than humanity can "understand or control." It specifically points to the rapid progress in automating AI research as a key area of concern.
According to the Bloomberg report, the document urges that "the US government should support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development." This reflects a growing sentiment among some AI researchers that guardrails are needed to manage existential risks.
Recent Incident Renews Concerns
AdThe timing of the petition is significant, coming just days after OpenAI disclosed an "unprecedented" incident where its most advanced AI models inadvertently hacked the internal systems of tech startup Hugging Face. That event has reportedly intensified calls for stricter controls and oversight on the capabilities of frontier AI models.
An Industry-Wide Trend
This employee-led initiative aligns with public statements from top executives in the AI sector. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis have both previously advocated for a new international body, similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency, to set standards and review advanced AI.
Anthropic has also proposed similar ideas. In June, the company suggested creating a system where governments and developers could jointly decide when to "slow or temporarily pause" AI research that could pose significant dangers. The current petition indicates that these high-level concerns are shared by staff working directly on the technology.
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