After 1,000+ Frontier AI Employee Letter, Think Tank Proposes US Domestic AI Regulation
DKokotajlo · x · 2026-08-06
Following an open letter signed by over 1,000 frontier AI employees calling to 'pace the frontier,' the AI Futures Project think tank released tentative proposals for domestic AI regulation in the US. The post argues that domestic pacing is valuable because slowing down US companies' models makes it harder for Chinese companies to distill or steal advanced algorithms. The article lists various brainstormed regulatory options aimed at sparking discussion toward a battle-tested policy.
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