OpenAI, Anthropic Staff Share Letter Asking US to Help Pace AI Progress
THE SO WHAT
Staff from two major labs publicly asking the US government to help “deliberately pace” AI progress moves the debate from abstract safety talk to concrete calls for coordination. If you’re building on frontier models, factor regulatory friction and potential throttling into your 2–3 year planning, not just your risk slides.
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