On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, more than 1,100 employees from leading technology companies urged the U.S. government to support an international initiative aimed at managing the pace of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) development. The call comes amid growing concerns that rapid advancements in AI could outstrip current safety, governance, and oversight frameworks.

The initiative, known as Pacing the Frontier, includes participants from major firms such as Meta Platforms, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Alphabet's Google, with backing from nonprofits Guidelight AI Standards and Encode AI. Signatories include notable figures like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Meta's Vice President of AI Research Dawn Song, and OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki.

The statement from the group emphasized, "We request that the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development."

Responding on the social platform X, OpenAI acknowledged the concern, stating, "We believe that, at some point in the future, AI acceleration for frontier model development may be so high that the world will need to pace the rate of AI advancement."

Anthropic also highlighted its recent research on recursive self-improvement, underscoring the need for deliberate pacing tools so society can prepare accordingly.

Last month, the creator of Claude Code called for a coordinated pause among major AI labs, warning that AI systems might soon improve themselves faster than risks can be managed.

Separately, Nvidia announced on Monday the formation of a coalition with Adobe, CrowdStrike, and others to develop AI safety and cybersecurity tools. This move follows a recent cybersecurity incident involving Hugging Face, which raised concerns over autonomous AI agents.

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