More than 1,200 AI Workers Call for Government Help to Build Tools for Slowing Down AI Development

A group of over 1,200 employees from the world’s leading artificial intelligence labs has signed a statement urging the US government to assist in developing tools that would allow them to slow down AI development if necessary. The statement, titled ‘Pacing the Frontier,’ was published on Tuesday and features signatures from prominent tech figures including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and several of his company’s co-founders, as well as OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki, Meta chief scientist Shengjia Zhao, and Google DeepMind head of AI safety and alignment Anca Dragan. This unusual display of unity among normally competitive companies has sparked concern about the rapid advancement of AI technology.