“First step is for industry leaders OpenAI and Anthropic to stop feuding and work on a pacing proposal together.”
Schulman calls for OpenAI and Anthropic to jointly develop a proposal for pacing AI development before involving the US government. He rejects antitrust as an excuse for failing to prepare such a proposal and criticizes involving government without a concrete plan.
- Speaker
- John Schulman
- Capacity
- Personal public post by John Schulman; not established as an official statement for a company or government.
- Observed
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Anthropic, OpenAI
- Classification rationale
- Advocates a concrete coordinated-pacing proposal; neither approves unrestricted development nor endorses a blanket ban.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
The post appears in the immediate Coxon resignation discussion and explicitly addresses cooperation between OpenAI and Anthropic on pacing development.
After the quotation
Schulman distinguishes developing a joint policy proposal from agreements that antitrust law prohibits. He cites a pre-release testing program as an example of his concern about premature government involvement.
Evidence
Complete source record
Full primary public post and available surrounding thread. Speaker and position scope are explained in the linked event.