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

If it were possible to effectively slow the development of this technology to give ourselves more time to deal with its immense implications, we think that would likely be a good thing. But if a slowdown simply lets the least cautious actors catch up... more Unverified source (2026)

We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology. [...] [A pause would require] multip... more AI Verified source (2026)

If leading AI companies are indeed approaching the point of recursive self-improvement, a coordinated, verifiable, and universally applied pause is probably the only responsible solution to mitigate several major AI risks; at least until safety guara... more Unverified source (2026)

Serious harms from advanced AI systems have already begun to materialise. [...] As risks from advanced AI do not respect boundaries, this is a global challenge that requires co-ordinated solutions at international level. [...] The UK can lead diploma... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)

Preventing war might require credible evidence that civilian AI resources are not being militarized, or that very specific kinds of AI—such as superintelligence—are not being built. Industry-wide safety and security rules can mitigate these risks, bu... more AI Verified source (2026)

Inspired by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), this agency will be responsible for: 1. Granting approval for major deployments and training runs of AIs that are judged not to pose a threat to humanity. This will include red-teaming and mo... more AI Verified source (2026)

Technology developers, providers and their regulators must therefore: build circuit breakers and ‘kill switches’ into system design; ... ensure access and verification mechanisms. AI Verified source (2026)

If there was a way to do a coordinated global slowdown on development, ... that would be good. [...] The real question is: why isn’t there hard regulation here? AI Unverifiable source (2026)

If world leaders agree to halt or limit AI development, they will need to verify that other nations are keeping their commitments. To this end, it helps to know where AI chips are, how they’re used, and what the AIs trained on them can do. [...] We ... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)

An off switch refers to building the necessary technical, legal, and institutional infrastructure to make it possible for humanity to shut down unsafe AI systems and AI projects. It will also make it possible to verify that there is no dangerous AI d... more AI Verified source (2026)

the mechanisms most needed for treaty verification [...] are also the least mature. AI Verified source (2026)

One of the most important ways to reduce the risks surrounding frontier AI could be to develop a trusted, effective system of verification... AI Verified source (2025)

This would be practically impossible, because the economic and national security stakes are simply too high for any superpower to willingly hit the brakes now. [...] Tracking decentralized computing resources, private data centers and algorithmic res... more AI Verified source (2026)

I have been arguing for tech and AI regulation for years. It seems like something almost everyone agrees on, but no one can figure out how to broadly implement it. Instead, we get piecemeal bits from local municipalities and Executive Orders. Slowdow... more AI Verified source (2026)

If policymakers are worried about the most advanced systems, then oversight should focus on the highest-capability end of the stack. Commerce already moved in this direction when BIS proposed reporting requirements for advanced AI models and large co... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)