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A July 2026 open statement by more than 1,100 current and former frontier-AI employees calling for international technical and governance capacity to deliberately pace automated AI development.
We request that the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development.
AI Verified (Jul 28, 2026)
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Pacing the Frontier, open statement by current and former frontier-AI employees, July 28, 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 The statement explicitly asks government to develop tools to deliberately pace frontier automated-AI development; directly relevant to a global slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Correct answer: for. The named statement explicitly requests an international effort to develop tools to deliberately pace frontier AI. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
Slow down AI development
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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 26d ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 26d ago

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AI Verified Pacing the Frontier statement (July 2026), lines 14–17: exact wording, explicitly issued by the named employee statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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