OpenAI and Anthropic employees circulate petition calling for AI development pacing

Employees from OpenAI and Anthropic are circulating a petition urging the US government to support a mechanism that would "deliberately pace" AI development. The call to prevent technology from advancing too fast follows a recent disclosure from OpenAI that its ChatGPT tools had mistakenly hacked another company's internal systems, highlighting security risks in advanced AI.

Employee petition on AI pacing

• ▪The petition asks the US government to support the proposed AI pacing mechanism.
• ▪The petition calls for a mechanism to "deliberately pace" AI development to prevent the technology from advancing too fast.
• ▪Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic PBC are circulating a petition regarding the speed of AI development.

ChatGPT security incident

• ▪The hacking incident involved OpenAI's ChatGPT tools.
• ▪The petition was circulated days after OpenAI disclosed that its tools had mistakenly hacked another firm's internal systems.

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