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Yglesias urges OpenAI staff to oppose Leading the Future, calls for congressional AI hearings

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Matthew Yglesias argues in Slow Boring that OpenAI employees should oppose the company's support for Leading the Future, a group seeking to chill federal AI regulation, and that Congress should hold hearings on AI risks. He cites the recent resignation of senior Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who quit over concerns about AI creation risks.

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    OpenAI employees need to oppose its support for Leading the Future, which seeks to chill federal regulation, and Congress should hold hearings on AI risks (Matthew Yglesias/Slow Boring)

    Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring : OpenAI employees need to oppose its support for Leading the Future, which seeks to chill federal regulation, and Congress should hold hearings on AI risks — When I saw that Jacob Coxon, a senior Anthropic employee, quit his job last week on the grounds that he believed the creation …

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