Scientists at OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Meta urge governments to monitor self-improving AI

More than 20 researchers, including OpenAI's chief scientist, an Anthropic co-founder, Microsoft's chief scientific officer and a senior Meta AI research leader, are asking governments to monitor AI systems that help build their own successors. A working paper released on Monday warns that automating AI research could produce an "intelligence explosion," compressing advances that would otherwise take years into months or less, and says the time to prepare may close once that acceleration begins.