1,200+ Frontier AI Employees Petition for Safety Brakes
tegmark · x · 2026-07-30
Over 1,293 employees from major frontier AI companies signed a joint statement warning that the current commercial race poses unacceptable security risks. They urge the US government to support an international effort to develop technical and governance tools to deliberately pace AI progress.
- Core Concern: The statement highlights that as AI nears automating its own research, capability development could rapidly outpace our ability to understand and control these systems.
- Endorsements: Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio and prominent researcher Max Tegmark publicly backed the call. Tegmark noted that with over a thousand researchers from fierce competitors speaking out, anyone still unconcerned is either unaware or a radical transhumanist.
- Insider Voices: Key researchers including John Schulman signed the petition, emphasizing that AI's rapid progression exceeds societal readiness and demands responsible, thoughtful development.
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