AI Lab Employees Warn US Government: We Could Soon Automate AI Research

Over 1,100 employees from seven AI labs — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, and Mistral — signed "Pacing the Frontier," a statement to the US government urging coordinated international governance of frontier AI development. The statement warns leading AI companies believe they may be close to automating AI research itself, risking capability gains outpacing human oversight.