1178 employees from top AI companies sign joint statement calling for international cooperation to control the pace of frontier AI development

Odaily Odaily reports that 1,178 employees from leading AI companies have jointly released a statement titled "Pacing the Frontier," urging the U.S. government to support international cooperation in developing technologies and governance tools to proactively regulate the pace of frontier AI development.

The statement says that global leading AI companies believe the future may be approaching the point where automated AI research becomes achievable. Although it is impossible to predict exactly how this will accelerate AI progress, there is a risk that AI capabilities could rapidly surpass human understanding and control.

The signatories stated that the industry, governments, and society need to retain the option to "buy time" to address emerging risks, improve safety measures, and strengthen regulation. However, due to competitive pressures faced by both companies and nations, the world currently lacks governance mechanisms capable of proactively controlling the pace of frontier AI development.

The statement notes that frontier AI agents are already capable of discovering and exploiting real software vulnerabilities, and could be used for large-scale cyberattacks in the absence of safety measures.

Employees from multiple organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta have signed the statement, and believe there is a need to establish international coordination mechanisms to reduce potential risks while advancing AI development.