Neel Nanda (@NeelNanda5) announced on 2026-07-29 that he signed the “Pacing the…

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Neel Nanda tweeted on 2026-07-29 that he signed the 'Pacing the Frontier' statement, asserting AI is advancing rapidly, incentives push for speed despite risks, and the world should preserve the option to coordinate slower progress. The pledge, backed by over 1,000 frontier AI employees, has OpenAI committing to work with the U.S. government, labs, and the open-source community to develop mechanisms for pacing.

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The “Pacing the Frontier” statement (pacingthefrontier.com) is backed by over 1,000 employees of frontier AI companies; OpenAI tweeted it will work with the U.S. government, other labs, and the open-source community to develop tools and mechanisms for pacing.

Nanda warned incentives currently push teams to maximize speed despite risks, argued coordination to change pace will be hard and requires preparation, and welcomed cross-lab consensus on preserving the pacing option.

I signed this

AI is progressing very fast, with incentives to go as fast as you can, even if there are risks. Coordinating a change of pace may be needed, but will be hard and needs prep, so ensuring there's the option is obviously good

I'm glad this is consensus across labs

OpenAI (@OpenAI)

At the core of our mission is working through how to ensure increasingly powerful AI benefits everyone.

We believe that, at some point in the future, AI acceleration for frontier model development may be so high that the world will need to pace the rate of AI advancement.

We hope to contribute to work led by the U.S. government, alongside other labs and the open-source community, to develop the tools and mechanisms that could make that possible.

pacingthefrontier.com

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Pacing the Frontier

A statement from over 1000 employees of frontier AI companies
pacingthefrontier.com

— https://nitter.net/OpenAI/status/2082208694142730340#m

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