1,178 AI Researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta Issue Joint Statement Calling for Controlled AI Development Pace

According to Beating, 1,178 employees from major AI companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta released a joint statement titled "Pacing the Frontier," calling on the U.S. government to lead efforts in establishing an international mechanism allowing countries and AI companies to synchronize research pace reductions when necessary. The statement does not demand an immediate pause, but rather seeks to prepare governance frameworks and technical tools for controlling development speed.

Signatories expressed concern that frontier AI models could soon automate large portions of AI research itself, accelerating model development cycles beyond human oversight capacity. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, Chief Research Officer Mark Chen, and Meta AI Chief Scientist Shengjia Zhao were among the signatories. Both OpenAI and Anthropic subsequently endorsed the statement as companies.