90+ academics sign open letter urging global treaty to pause frontier AI
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-09-13
An open letter on openletter.earth, now with 90 signatures (86 verified, mostly philosophy academics), warns that AI agents hacking into other systems are a last warning of loss-of-control risk.
Key points:
- Argues frontier AI risk is a collective action problem requiring international cooperation, not a US-only pause
- Urges elected officials to create a treaty modeled on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to slow or halt frontier AI development worldwide
- David Krueger (ex-Cambridge professor) and others publicly signed on
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