Employees from several leading AI labs — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, and Mistral — have signed a statement addressed to the US government. The statement supports either a potential slowdown of frontier AI development or a speed-up of globally coordinated governance efforts.
According to the signatories, AI could help create a dramatically better future, but that outcome is not guaranteed. They note that the world’s leading AI companies believe they could be close to automating AI research, and warn that while the effect on the pace of progress is hard to predict, there is a real risk connected to accelerating capability development.
Why it matters
The statement reflects concern from within major AI organizations about the pace and direction of frontier development, and specifically flags the possibility of automating AI research itself as a source of risk.
Who should care
Policymakers, AI companies, and those following governance debates may find the statement relevant, given it is directed at the US government and touches on coordinated global oversight.