The new **[Pacing the Frontier](https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/)** statement has been signed by more than 1,100 current and former employees from organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta.

Unlike earlier open letters calling for an outright pause on AI development, this one argues for something more practical: developing the technical and governance mechanisms needed to deliberately slow frontier AI development if circumstances require it.

I think that's an important shift. It acknowledges that we're unlikely to stop AI progress voluntarily, so the more realistic question becomes whether we'll have any meaningful way to reduce the pace if systems begin advancing faster than our ability to understand or govern them.

Whether you agree with the proposal or not, it's notable that this conversation is increasingly coming from the people building the technology rather than those watching from the outside.

[Read the Pacing the Frontier statement.](https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/)

The new <a href="https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/">Pacing the Frontier</a> statement has been signed by more than 1,100 current and former employees from organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta.
Unlike earlier open letters calling for an outright pause on AI development, this one argues for something more practical: developing the technical and governance mechanisms needed to deliberately slow frontier AI development if circumstances require it.
I think that&#39;s an important shift. It acknowledges that we&#39;re unlikely to stop AI progress voluntarily, so the more realistic question becomes whether we&#39;ll have any meaningful way to reduce the pace if systems begin advancing faster than our ability to understand or govern them.
Whether you agree with the proposal or not, it&#39;s notable that this conversation is increasingly coming from the people building the technology rather than those watching from the outside.
<a href="https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/">Read the Pacing the Frontier statement.</a>

The new **[Pacing the Frontier](https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/)** statement has been signed by more than 1,100 current and former employees from organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta.

[Pacing the Frontier](https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/)

 statement has been signed by more than 1,100 current and former employees from organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta.

Unlike earlier open letters calling for an outright pause on AI development, this one argues for something more practical: developing the technical and governance mechanisms needed to deliberately slow frontier AI development if circumstances require it.

I think that's an important shift. It acknowledges that we're unlikely to stop AI progress voluntarily, so the more realistic question becomes whether we'll have any meaningful way to reduce the pace if systems begin advancing faster than our ability to understand or govern them.

Whether you agree with the proposal or not, it's notable that this conversation is increasingly coming from the people building the technology rather than those watching from the outside.

[Read the Pacing the Frontier statement.](https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/)

More than 1,100 current and former employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, and others signed Pacing the Frontier—arguing for mechanisms to deliberately slow frontier AI when needed, rather than an outright pause that is unlikely to happen voluntarily.