AI company employees petition US Government for regulation
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- Over 1,100 workers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and other AI firms signed a petition urging the US government to help deliberately pace the development of automated AI.
- The petition warns of a real risk that AI could understand or control humans, calling for international governance tools.
- The author questions the timing of the petition, noting that government intervention would have been more effective before the AI arms race and billions in investments were at stake.
- The petition's effectiveness is doubted due to the US government's haphazard AI regulation and reluctance for international collaboration, though rising AI security incidents may spur action.