OpenAI calls for an international body that can slow frontier AI development
Sam Altman and Jakub Pachocki say AI-assisted research could force coordination, with a March 2028 target for automating research.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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Why it matters
OpenAI is pairing a March 2028 target for AI-assisted research with a call for global slowdown powers, exposing the conflict between frontier competition and collective safety.

In an X post on Tuesday, OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki renewed OpenAI's call for an international organization capable of coordinating a slowdown in frontier AI development if advances begin moving faster than safety work and society can absorb.…
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