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

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

The statement says that global leading AI companies believe the future may be approaching the realization of automated AI research. While the exact acceleration in AI progress cannot be accurately predicted, there is a risk that AI capabilities could rapidly surpass human understanding and control.

The signatories state that industry, governments, and society need to preserve 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, there is currently a lack of global governance mechanisms capable of actively controlling the pace of frontier AI development.

The statement notes that frontier AI agents are already capable of discovering and exploiting real software vulnerabilities. Without adequate safety measures, they could be used for large-scale cyber attacks.

Multiple employees from organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta have signed on, believing that international coordination mechanisms are needed to reduce potential risks while advancing AI development.