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Tech leaders warn of AI risk before Altman's House visit
A group of more than 1,200 people who work at big AI companies wrote a letter to the U.S. government.
They said that AI is getting very powerful and could be dangerous if it grows too fast.
They want the government to help make rules and safety plans.
The letter was sent just before the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, visited the White House.
The U.S. president signed an order that asks AI companies to share their models with the government.
The letter asks for international cooperation and better tools to keep AI safe.
Over 1,200 AI company employees and executives signed an open letter urging the U.S. government to pace AI development.
The letter, titled “Pacing the Frontier,” highlights the risk of rapid AI progress beyond human control.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other top figures, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, joined the signatories ahead of Altman’s White House meetings.
The letter calls for international cooperation, technical safeguards, and governance tools to manage AI risks.
The U.S. executive order on AI, signed by President Trump, requires AI firms to provide models to the government and gives agencies 60 days to create a framework.
- Who
- AI company executives and employees, including Dario Amodei and Sam Altman
- What
- Signed an open letter urging the U.S. government to pace AI development
- Where
- United States, Washington, D.C.
- When
- Within a single day; Altman's White House meetings this week; 60‑day deadline expires August 1, 2024
- Why
- To address risks of rapid AI progress and lack of governance tools
Key facts
- Signatories
- 1,293
- Letter Title
- Pacing the Frontier
- Key Signatories
- Dario Amodei, Sam Altman
- Executive Order Deadline
- August 1, 2024
- President
- Donald Trump
- AI Companies Involved
- Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Google DeepMind
Quotes
Ilya Sutskever
CEO of Safe Superintelligence Inc.
“AI is progressing at a rate that our society might not be ready for. Frontier labs are very close to AI that can exceed even the best people on almost every metric of intelligence. This will lead to unprecedented social and safety risks. To ensure a positive future we need to develop AI in a way that is driven by responsibility and thoughtfulness.”
financialexpress.com
“Future AI will be extraordinarily powerful compared to anything that exists today, and dealing with this future power will require unprecedented measures, such as the ones described here. The problem statement is real. This works only if it is done internationally, and it has to be done well: a bad implementation can make things worse.”
financialexpress.com
Laura Weidinger
Google Staff Research Scientist
“If it’s true that AI will be as transformational as electricity, we better be intentional about how it is introduced to the world. A mindless race without assurances on governance, safety or the technology serving the public interest stands in the way of such intentionality.”
financialexpress.com
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