THE LIMITED LETTERS COLLECTIVEIndependent inquiry · Archive edition / 2026
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Follow-through / Request

A verifiable pause on frontier training

A dated record of the request, related evidence and what still needs to be established.

Awaiting assessment

What was asked?

A public, verifiable pause of at least six months on training systems more powerful than GPT-4, alongside shared safety protocols.

Who would need to act?

AI laboratories; governments if voluntary coordination fails

What would count as delivery?

Dated evidence of the requested pause, its scope and independent verification.

What the record currently supports

The original text establishes the request. This pilot has not assessed compliance across laboratories.

The evidence trail

Original position published

Pause Giant AI Experiments

Added to the archive

The record preserves the question. An absence of assessed follow-up is not a finding that no action occurred.