23 Low-Regret Policy Ideas to Manage Automated AI R&D Risks

fiiiiiist · x · 2026-08-13

OpenAI, Anthropic, and over 1,300 employees at major AI companies urge the US government to prepare to "pace" automated AI R&D. To address the vagueness of "pacing," a team developed 23 low-regret policy ideas.

Key recommendations include: frontier AI companies publicly sharing information on R&D automation trends and risks; and Congress legislating transparency on risk management, incident reporting, whistleblower protections, and model behavior specifications.

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