Over 1300 AI Employees Sign 'Pacing the Frontier', Experts Call for Detailed Regulation
peterwildeford · x · 2026-08-01
Over 1300 AI company employees recently signed a statement titled "Pacing the Frontier". Policy expert Peter Wildeford wrote a post exploring what it actually means to pace the frontier, sparking industry discussion.
Sneha Revanur noted that the initiative should be seen as the start of a debate rather than settling it. She called for more concrete proposals and open negotiation of trade-offs. Key questions needing immediate discussion include: what can labs start on voluntarily today, what are the least power-concentrating ways to pace progress, and what verification solutions are needed to track RSI (Recursive Self-Improvement)?
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