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Comment by Mary Robinson

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Former Irish president; Elders chair
I remain deeply concerned at the lack of progress on the global governance of artificial intelligence. Decision-making on AI's rapid development sits disproportionately within private companies without significant checks and balances. AI risks and safety issues cannot be left to voluntary agreements between corporations and a small number of nations. Governance of this technology needs to be inclusive with binding, globally agreed regulations. AI Unverifiable source (2026)
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation

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AI Unverifiable Quote attributed to Mary Robinson (Chair of The Elders, former Irish president): "I remain deeply concerned at the lack of progress on the global governance of artificial intelligence. Decision-making on AI's rapid development sits disproportionately within private companies without significant checks and balances. AI risks and safety issues cannot be left to voluntary agreements between corporations and a small number of nations. Governance of this technology needs to be inclusive with binding, globally agreed regulations." Vote "for" on statement "Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation" aligns perfectly — Robinson explicitly calls for binding, globally agreed AI regulations. Web search confirmed the quote verbatim and attribution. Note on year: the piece is titled "reaffirms" and internally references the May 2024 AI Seoul Summit, but search results indicate the statement itself is a Feb 2026 restatement, so the dataset year 2026 is plausibly correct and I left it unchanged. The source_url (theelders.org) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch. Marking ai_unverifiable because the source URL blocks automated fetching, though the quote text and attribution are strongly corroborated. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 7d ago
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