{"rewrite":{"id":"r_480c067be2112317620434a4","clusterId":"c_123e45e775639e55350a5bb8","slug":"1-171-ai-researchers-ask-u-s-government-to-support-pace-control","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"1,171 AI Researchers Ask U.S. Government to Support Pace Control","summary":"John Schulman, Jakob Pachocki, Dario Amodei, and 1,168 other scientists and employees of AI companies issued a statement requesting U.S. government support for developing tools to regulate automated AI development. They argue rapid capability growth could produce systems humans cannot understand or control. The statement, called Pacing the Frontier, seeks international technical and governance mechanisms.","whyItMatters":"The statement signals that leading AI labs now publicly back government involvement in controlling automated research, while critics note signatories may continue their own development.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe statement, published at Pacing the Frontier, argues that automation of AI research is imminent and that predicting its acceleration is impossible. The signatories warn that rapid capability development could create AI systems beyond human understanding or control.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchulman said he signed to build common understanding that control mechanisms may be necessary as automated research accelerates. He hopes labs will design such mechanisms voluntarily before government intervention. Meta AI chief scientist Shengjia Zhao said AI is advancing faster than society can keep up, and that superhuman AI at top institutions is imminent, bringing unprecedented risks.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tiny corp, an AI hardware and inference engine developer, noted that signatories may ask others to slow down while continuing their own work, citing Elon Musk\u0026#39;s past pause request and GPU purchases. Musk and SpaceXAI did not sign the statement.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"1,171 AI researchers, including OpenAI and Anthropic leaders, ask U.S. government to support controlling automated AI development pace. Critics note signatories may keep developing. Musk not among signers.","twitterPost":"1,171 AI scientists, including Schulman, Pachocki, Amodei, urge U.S. government support for AI pace control. The tiny corp notes signatories may continue own development. Musk not signed.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A statement signed by 1,171 AI researchers, including leaders from OpenAI and Anthropic, requests U.S. government support for tools to control automated AI development. Critics point out that signatories may continue their own work while urging others to slow down.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20260729-pacing-the-frontier/\",\"title\":\"1,171 employees of AI companies request U.S. government support for efforts to control the pace of AI development\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4637,"outputTokens":551,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786254105,"createdAt":"2026-08-09T05:34:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-09T05:36:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-09T05:34:19.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_123e45e775639e55350a5bb8","canonicalTitle":"AI企業の従業員ら1171人がアメリカ政府に「AI開発のペースを制御する取り組み」への支援を要請","representativeArticleId":"a_178a19341ccf4c84c8e39107","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"ジョン・シュルマン\",\"ヤコブ・パチョッキ\",\"ダリオ・アモデイ\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-29T02:20:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-29T02:20:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-09T05:36:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20260729-pacing-the-frontier/","title":"AI企業の従業員ら1171人がアメリカ政府に「AI開発のペースを制御する取り組み」への支援を要請"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["ジョン・シュルマン","ヤコブ・パチョッキ","ダリオ・アモデイ"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}