1,200 AI Lab Staff Sign Petition to Slow Frontier AI, Enterprises Panic
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-09-15
- Consultant David Linthicum reports three days of nonstop calls from CIOs/CTOs/CEOs asking whether to put AI plans on hold.
- Trigger: Anthropic published a report calling for a globally coordinated slowdown of frontier AI, arguing systems are accelerating their own development faster than safety and governance can keep up.
- Over 1,200 employees at leading AI labs signed the "Pacing the Frontier" petition urging governments to build mechanisms that throttle AI progress.
- The author argues enterprise panic is likely overblown and challenges big consulting firms to give clients clear guidance.
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