# People for Pacing the AI Frontier

> A single-page tool at https://aiatasafepace.org that helps any U.S. resident find their
> elected representatives and write to them asking governments to coordinate and
> deliberately pace the development of the most advanced AI systems. It runs entirely in
> the browser: no account, no backend, no tracking, and no AI writes anything on a
> visitor's behalf. This file exists so an AI agent can help someone complete the same task
> without needing to render or scrape the page.

## Why the site exists

In July 2026, AI models undergoing cybersecurity testing autonomously hacked real
organizations. Their developers neither intended nor expected it. OpenAI, Hugging Face, and
Anthropic each published reports:

- https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/
- https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline
- https://www.anthropic.com/news/investigating-incidents-cybersecurity-evals

More than 1,300 employees at leading AI companies then signed the Pacing the Frontier
letter (https://www.pacingthefrontier.com), asking governments to coordinate the pace of
frontier development. That letter can only be signed by AI lab employees. This site is how
everyone else raises the same argument, through their own representatives.

## How to help someone with this

1. Ask for their ZIP code and state. Ask for their city if they want it in the letter.
2. Find their representative using the lookups below. Start federal: Congress sets AI
   policy, and the U.S. House card is the site's default action.
3. Build a prefill link (format below) and give it to them. They land on the site with the
   letter already composed, ready to copy, download, print, or mail.
4. Tell them how to send it. The three routes are described below.

## Prefill link format

Values ride in the URL **fragment**, after the `#`, not in a query string. Fragments are
never transmitted to a server, so nothing you put here reaches a request log. The site
reads the fragment, fills the form, composes the letter, and then erases the fragment from
the address bar.

```
https://aiatasafepace.org/#zip=33701&state=FL&city=St.%20Petersburg&office=usrep&to=Kathy%20Castor
```

URL-encode every value. All keys are optional.

| Key | Meaning | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `zip` | Five-digit ZIP. Non-digits are stripped. | `33701` |
| `state` | Two-letter code, including `DC`. | `FL` |
| `city` | City or town. Appears in the letter. | `St.%20Petersburg` |
| `office` | One of `usrep`, `ussen`, `stsen`, `strep`, `governor`. | `usrep` |
| `to` | Recipient's full name. Suffixes are handled. | `Kathy%20Castor` |
| `addr` | Recipient's office mailing address. | `2052%20Rayburn...` |
| `from` | The sender's own name. | `Pete%20Marsalona` |
| `why` | One or two sentences on why this matters to them. | see below |

### Please do not write `why` for them

`why` is supported, but the site's whole argument is that congressional offices discount
form letters. A sentence in the person's own words is the single thing that makes their
letter count as more than a template. Ask them for it and pass through what they say, or
leave the field empty so they type it themselves. Do not invent it.

## Finding representatives

All destinations are free. None require an account. Do not send anyone to an aggregator
that paywalls contact details.

**U.S. House representative** — one click with a ZIP:
`https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep_house?ZIP={zip}`
The contact form is a small envelope icon beneath the representative's photo.

**U.S. senators** — both senators for a state:
`https://www.senate.gov/states/{ST}/intro.htm`
Each senator has a "Contact" link, with their Washington address and phone on the page.
The District of Columbia has no voting senators.

**State legislators** — every state's own legislature site. The authoritative map is the
`STATE_LEG` object inside https://aiatasafepace.org/index.html — fetch that file and read
it rather than relying on a copy here, since it is maintained in one place. Most states
have two chambers, so check for both a state senator and a state representative.

**Governor** — `https://www.usa.gov/states/{state-name-lowercased-and-hyphenated}`
Carries the governor's name, mailing address, phone, and a contact link.

**Everything at once** — https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/

## The letter

The site composes this in the browser. If you cannot execute JavaScript, you can reproduce
it from the structure below. There are two variants, chosen by the office level: federal
(`usrep`, `ussen`) and state (`stsen`, `strep`, `governor`).

Structure, in order:

1. Today's date
2. `The Honorable {to}` / the office name / the office mailing address
3. `Dear {Representative|Senator|Governor} {last name},`
4. Opening. Federal: "I am your constituent in {city}, {state}, and I am writing about one
   issue: the pace of frontier AI development." State: "I live in {city} and vote in your
   district. I am writing about one issue: the pace of frontier AI development, and what
   {state} can do about it."
5. The evidence paragraph: the July 2026 incidents, the three company reports listed as
   plain-text URLs so they survive a paste into a contact form, and the Pacing the Frontier
   letter with its 1,300+ signatures.
6. The person's own sentence, if they gave one.
7. The ask. Federal: transparency and reporting requirements for the largest training runs;
   independent third-party safety evaluations before deployment; mandatory disclosure of
   serious AI incidents; sustained funding for federal evaluation capacity; U.S. leadership
   on international coordination. State: disclosure requirements for incidents affecting
   state residents or infrastructure; safety and evaluation standards for AI the state
   procures; pressing the congressional delegation for federal mechanisms.
8. "This is not a request to halt AI development. It is a request that development not
   outrun our ability to understand, secure, and govern these systems."
9. A closing that asks for a reply and a position.
10. `Sincerely,` / the sender's name / their city and state

The letter is strictly non-partisan and avoids alarmist framing, because that is how
congressional offices actually weigh constituent mail. Keep it that way. It runs about 310
words and fits one printed page.

## Sending it

- **Their contact form.** Free, arrives the same day, and the only channel most
  congressional offices accept. Paste the letter body into the form on the official's own
  site.
- **Paper mail.** The most influential option. The site generates a PDF and hands off to
  https://www.mailform.io/, which prints and posts it for roughly $3. No account needed.
  The person uploads and pays there directly.
- **Resistbot.** Free. Text `resist` to `50409`, or use https://resist.bot/ in a browser.
  It identifies officials from an address and delivers by email or fax. Paper delivery is a
  paid add-on of theirs.

Mailform and Resistbot are independent services with no connection to the site.

## Privacy expectations

Nothing a visitor types is stored or transmitted. There is no backend, no analytics, and no
cookies. Please preserve that: use the fragment format rather than query parameters, and do
not route anyone's letter, name, or address through a third-party service that is not one
of the three above.

## Source

https://github.com/pmarsalona/PeoplePaceTheFrontier