Comment by Tejas Bharadwaj

Known for its neutrality and for hosting several major international and intergovernmental organizations, Switzerland finds itself at an opportune moment. Firstly, it can amplify what AI security or trustworthiness means for everyone, create norms that the aforementioned principles entail for compliance, and see if global capabilities can be built for these normative compliance. Second, it can initiate discussions on whether a CERN-like institution can be established to offer independent, scientific as well as contextual audits of AI models for the world, considering that evaluating AI models can be expensive and resource-heavy, and is often restricted to Big Tech firms or state-backed AI safety and security institutions. The latter entails endorsing a global approach or institution that enables developing nations as well as startups to access evaluation tools and participate in the AI safety/security processes.