Washington, Sept. 15 -- Rep. George Whitesides issued the following press release:
In case you missed it, in a new op-ed (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/anthropic-openai-other-ai-firms-should-stand-down-30-days/?itid=hp_mv-top-stories_opinions_p001_f019) published in The Washington Post, Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA), a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and former chief of staff of NASA, called on the leading AI developers to pause work on their most advanced models for 30 days and adopt shared safety protocols that then would be backed by Congressional legislation.
Drawing on his background in aerospace, where a serious flight accident triggers an industry-wide "safety stand-down," Rep. White...