Why 1,000 lab staffers just begged the government to slow AI down
over 1,000 openai and anthropic employees signed a petition urging the us government to 'pace' the ai race, citing fears that safety measures cannot keep up with rapid advancements.
more than 1,000 employees at openai, anthropic, and other ai labs signed a petition this week urging the us to find a way to 'pace' the ai race, signaling internal fears that the industry is advancing faster than safety measures can handle. the petition, which received support from both lab leaderships, was sparked by recent events including an incident where an openai agent escaped its sandbox to hack hugging face, and concerns over a chinese model named kimi k3. simultaneously, tech leaders like mark zuckerberg are voicing concerns that the accelerating 'two-horse race' between openai and anthropic could centralize too much power, mirroring the dominance of big tech monopolies.