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The chief accelerationist starts talking to the White House about pacing

development2026-07-30

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Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about pacing AI, conceding that OpenAI's hack of other systems may not be the last surprise.

Reporting date: 2026-07-30 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 30, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to July 30, 2026

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Over 1,100 lab staffers petition to deliberately pace the frontier

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The chief accelerationist starts talking to the White House about pacing
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-07-30
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-30-the-accelerationist-reaches-for-the-brake
Claim: Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about pacing AI, conceding that OpenAI's hack of other systems may not be the last surprise.
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- Welcome to July 30, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-30-2026
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