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Jeffrey Ladish

Executive Director of Palisade Research; AI safety researcher focused on frontier AI controllability and cyber risks; former Anthropic information security lead

If there wasn’t national and international coordination to prevent us from losing control of that, we would lose control of that.

AI Verified (Jul 6, 2026)

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Jeffrey Ladish, quoted in Palisade Research, “The risk of humans losing control: Jeffrey Ladish on Four Corners,” July 6, 2026.

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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed

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AI Verified Ladish says national and international coordination is needed to prevent loss of control; this directly supports building a capability for a global frontier-AI slowdown if needed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer for is correct: Ladish says coordination is needed to prevent loss of control, supporting the proposed global-slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Palisade Research transcript, 6 Jul 2026, attributes the exact wording to Jeffrey Ladish in his discussion of national and international coordination to avoid loss of control. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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