Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What you need to know The document. A statement titled "Pacing the Frontier", published at pacingthefrontier.com on 28 July 2026. Three paragraphs, one request, no draft policy text. The count. 1,178 signatures at launch; the statement's own site showed 1,273 as of 30 July 2026. Fortune reported "more than 1,200" on 29 July. The ask. That the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development. What it is not. Not a moratorium, not a proposed rule, not a commitment by any lab to slow down. It asks for a capability to be built, not used. Corporate backing. OpenAI and Anthropic subsequently endorsed it at company level, as reported by Unite.AI. Other signatures are personal. Legal…
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