1,200+ AI Employees Urge US Government to Regulate Frontier Development

Over 1,200 employees from major AI companies have signed an open letter urging the US government to support international governance efforts that would moderate the pace of frontier AI development.

The signatories, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, argue that AI capabilities are advancing faster than society's ability to understand or control them.

The letter specifically highlights the problem of competitive pressure, where no single company or country can unilaterally slow down without risking falling behind rivals.

The signatories are calling for verifiable coordination, essentially an international framework where everyone agrees to ease off the accelerator together.