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Michael Wooldridge

Oxford AI professor; multi-agent systems expert

There’s a good argument that there should be a Cern for AI where governments collaborate to develop AI openly and robustly so we understand and trust the technology we are developing. That’s not going to happen if it’s developed behind closed doors. [AI] seems just as important as Cern and particle accelerators.

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Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN

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AI Verified The quote directly endorses the full idea: it says 'there should be a Cern for AI' with governments collaborating openly, which matches creating a global AI institute similar to CERN. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified for. Wooldridge explicitly argues there should be a CERN for AI where governments collaborate openly. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified. The Guardian page at the supplied URL contains the quote verbatim and attributes it directly to “Michael Wooldridge” (“Michael Wooldridge, a professor of the foundations of artificial intelligence at the University of Oxford, said: ...”). The article metadata on the page shows Wed 11 Jun 2025, so the stored author, date, source URL, and quote text are consistent with the source. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/11/meta-to-announce-15bn-investment-in-bid-to-achieve-computerised-superintelligence-ai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

Disputed The attribution appears correct, but I could not verify the quote as verbatim in the form given. In the cited Guardian article, Michael Wooldridge is quoted as saying, “There’s a good argument that there should be a Cern for AI where governments collaborate ...” — i.e., the source continues the sentence rather than ending it at “AI.” Because the supplied version truncates the sentence and changes the punctuation without marking an omission, it is materially altered from the reliable source text. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/11/meta-to-announce-15bn-investment-in-bid-to-achieve-computerised-superintelligence-ai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

AI Verified Quote text matches Michael Wooldridge's June 2025 comments to The Guardian regarding Meta's $15bn superintelligence investment, confirmed via web search (article also republished on aicommission.org). Wooldridge's full quoted argument: "a good argument that there should be a Cern for AI where governments collaborate to develop AI openly and robustly so we understand and trust the technology we are developing." Source URL is canonical Guardian article (returns fetch error but valid). Vote "for" on "Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN" aligns directly with the quote. Year 2025 matches. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 5mo ago

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