Over 1,100 staffers from AI companies, including John Schulman and OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki, sign a letter requesting the US government to "pace" AI development (Bloomberg)
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- Over 1,100 AI company staffers signed a petition calling on the US government to "pace" AI development, according to Bloomberg.
- John Schulman is among the named signatories of the letter targeting US government AI policy.
- Jakub Pachocki, a senior figure at OpenAI, is also listed as a signatory of the petition.
- The signatories represent staffers across multiple top artificial intelligence firms, organizing collectively to press for a slower AI development trajectory.
Why it matters: With more than 1,100 signatories — including high-profile names like John Schulman and OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki — the petition channels internal AI-lab concern directly at the US government rather than at company leadership, shifting the regulatory pressure from corporate self-governance to federal policy.
