The AI Daily Brief · Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Over 1100 signatories, including leaders from OpenAI, Meta AI, and Google DeepMind, have signed an open letter calling for the US government to support an international effort to develop tools for deliberately pacing AI development. The letter highlights the risk of capability development accelerating beyond human control and the competitive pressure preventing unilateral slowdowns.
“The world's leading AI companies believe they could be close to automating AI research.”
“But there is a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.”
“And today the world lacks the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development.”