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July 30, 2026

Over 1,200 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind sign letter urging capacity to 'pace' AI development

Also: Trump signals shift toward AI export or security controls after OpenAI hacking incidents‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Thursday 30 July 2026

Transformative AI
Over 1,200 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind sign letter urging capacity to 'pace' AI development
An open letter published around 28 July 2026 and signed by 1,224 employees of frontier AI companies, including senior figures at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind, calls on the US government to support an international effort to develop tools that would allow the pace of frontier AI development to be deliberately slowed if needed.

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