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Meta's AI Chief Signed Petition Opposing His Boss's AI Acceleration Plan

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Over 1,200 employees from major AI labs including Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind signed a statement calling for the U.S. government to develop tools for slowing AI development if needed, citing risks from recursive self-improvement and misalignment. The signatories include Meta's chief scientist Shengjia Zhao and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, among other senior executives. The letter seeks government-backed governance frameworks and international coordination to enable a potential slowdown, as no single company can credibly do so alone without losing competitive ground.

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Meta's chief AI scientist Shengjia Zhao personally signed the pacing petition despite his boss Mark Zuckerberg arguing against slowing down AI development.

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