[OpenAI Chief Scientist: No Lab Has Solved AI Alignment and Monitoring Issues, Shared Safety Thresholds Should Be Established] OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki stated in an article titled *An Alien Mind* that, based on internal research findings, he strongly anticipates that the current pace of AI advancements may continue into a phase of recursive self-improvement. In the coming years, systems may experience capability leaps of similar or even greater magnitude, increasingly driving their own development. Pachocki noted that no laboratory has yet made sufficient progress in AI alignment and monitoring to responsibly scale models at maximum speed over the long term. Before establishing shared safety thresholds, he expects and hopes that voluntary slowdowns will become the norm. He also believes that future AI development should be prioritized as an internationally coordinated effort by governments. OpenAI will continue to research alignment and monitoring technologies, build defensive systems, and, if necessary, unilaterally pause further scaling.