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July 29, 2026

AI industry staffers push Washington to back global effort to slow risky development

Also: Cyber-security experts detail 'sloppy but overwhelming' rogue ChatGPT hack‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Transformative AI
AI industry staffers push Washington to back global effort to slow risky development
More than 1,100 employees across nearly a dozen frontier AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta, have signed an open letter urging Washington to back international coordination on the pace of AI development, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the letter was circulating.

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