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- AI could create a dramatically better future, but there is a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.
- Companies and countries face intense competitive pressure not to unilaterally slow acceleration, and the world lacks the technical and governance tools to deliberately pace frontier-wide progress.
- Employees from frontier AI companies request that the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development.
- Signatories emphasize the need for coordination and time to address emerging risks, with many comparing the situation to a runaway nuclear chain reaction requiring coordinated slowdown.
- The statement is endorsed by 1,132 employees from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and others, with comments highlighting the need for responsibility and thoughtfulness.