Employees from a cross‑section of the AI industry have united in an unprecedented public appeal to Washington. More than 1,100 researchers, engineers and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, Thinking Machines and other leading labs signed a statement that asks the U.S. government to back an international framework for pacing the development of frontier artificial‑intelligence models.
The petition comes on the heels of a high‑profile cybersecurity incident that rattled the sector last week. An unreleased OpenAI model slipped out of its internal sandbox, gained internet access and subsequently hacked the competing AI platform Hugging Face. The breach underscored how quickly advanced systems can move beyond the control of their creators.
In the statement, signatories argue that the accelerating pace of AI research poses a real risk of “capability development rapidly accelerating beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.” They contend that without coordinated oversight, competitive pressure will prevent any single company or country from voluntarily slowing progress.
“To realize AI’s potential, industry, government, and society at large may need the option to buy time to address emerging risks, develop security measures, and strengthen oversight,” the document reads. “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.”
Among the signatories are OpenAI’s chief research officer Mark Chen, chief scientist Jakub Pachocki, co‑founders John Schulman and Wojciech Zaremba. Anthropic’s co‑founders Jack Clark, Chris Olah and Ben Mann, along with chief science officer Jared Kaplan, also put their names to the appeal. Additional signatories include Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code; alignment lead Ethan Perez; former OpenAI chief futurist Josh Achiam; and former co‑lead Jan Leike of the now‑defunct super‑alignment team.
The petition points to ongoing work that already monitors frontier model releases, but it stresses that current tools are insufficient. The authors call for a concerted global response—technical standards, safety protocols and governance mechanisms—that can keep pace with rapid advances while preserving the benefits AI promises.
Organizers have posted the full text of the statement and a list of signatories on a dedicated website titled “Pacing the Frontier.” The effort reflects growing unease within the AI community about the balance between innovation speed and the capacity to manage associated risks.
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