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1,178 employees from leading AI companies have jointly released a statement titled "Pacing the Frontier," urging the U.S. government to support international cooperation in developing technologies and governance tools to proactively regulate the pace of frontier AI development.The statement says that global leading AI companies believe the future may be approaching the point where automated AI research becomes achievable. Although it is impossible to predict exactly how this will accelerate AI progress, there is a risk that AI capabilities could rapidly surpass human understanding and control.The signatories stated that the industry, governments, and society need to retain the option to "buy time" to address emerging risks, improve safety measures, and strengthen regulation. However, due to competitive pressures faced by both companies and nations, the world currently lacks governance mechanisms capable of proactively controlling the pace of frontier AI development.The statement notes that frontier AI agents are already capable of discovering and exploiting real software vulnerabilities, and could be used for large-scale cyberattacks in the absence of safety measures.Employees from multiple organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta have signed the statement, and believe there is a need to establish international coordination mechanisms to reduce potential risks while advancing AI development.
, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte recently signed HB 639, the Blockchain Basic Laws, to increase legal protections for digital asset users, developers, miners, validators, and businesses, and to safeguard digital asset usage and self-custody rights. The bill also authorizes the creation of a dedicated docket for blockchain-related disputes. New Hampshire's 2025 law allows the State Treasurer to invest up to 5% of specific public funds in precious metals and qualifying digital assets, with Bitcoin currently being the only asset meeting the market cap threshold. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 21 in June 2025, establishing the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. State lawmakers appropriated $10 million, and Texas subsequently made an initial investment of approximately $5 million via spot Bitcoin ETFs. A 2025 proposal in Wyoming to allow up to 3% of certain state funds to be invested in Bitcoin did not pass. However, the state continues to advance its specialized banking framework and the Frontier Stable Token. FRNT became publicly available in January 2026 and is described as the first state-issued stable token in the United States.
Odaily Odaily News Former White House Crypto and AI Director David Sacks posted on X, stating that the Chinese AI model Kimi K3 has topped the Frontier Code Arena front-end coding benchmark for the first time, and has reached or approached industry-leading levels in several other benchmark evaluations. This trend is noteworthy. While China's AI capabilities are rapidly improving, the US is mired in internal strife due to regulatory controversies. He criticized some US politicians and regulatory bodies for restricting new data center construction, increasing state-level regulatory requirements, and promoting the establishment of new federal agencies for pre-approval of frontier AI models.David Sacks warned that if the US slows down innovation due to excessive regulation, it may lose its competitive edge in the global AI race. "The US won the internet era through permissionless innovation, and it can win the AI era the same way; otherwise, we will see our leading position gradually erode." While AI development still needs to address safety risks, regulation should be precise, not hinder technological innovation. His remarks have once again sparked discussion on AI regulation, computing infrastructure construction, and the competitive landscape between China and the US.
OpenAI has released the Frontier Governance Framework, systematically elaborating on how its AI safety and governance practices align with emerging regulatory requirements such as the California Frontier AI Transparency Act and the EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Conduct. Based on OpenAI's existing Preparedness Framework, this framework focuses on areas including cyberattacks, CBRN risks, harmful manipulation, loss of control risks, model reporting, security incident response, and external expert review. It also states that it will be continuously updated as model capabilities and the regulatory environment evolve.