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Comment by Yoshua Bengio

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AI Pioneer, Turing Award winner
There needs to be an agency really in charge of overseeing these kinds of decisions. [...] As the power of AI continues to grow, this question of international commitment becomes pressing.
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Establish a UN-led body to oversee compute-intensive AI

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AI Verified Verified. WebFetch of the Fortune source returned HTTP 403 (Fortune blocks automated fetches), but an independent web search confirmed the exact quote — "There needs to be an agency really in charge of overseeing these kinds of decisions" — appears in this April 17, 2026 Fortune article, correctly attributed to Yoshua Bengio. Context: Bengio calls for international coordination and an FDA-like/UN-style regulatory body to oversee high-stakes AI decisions, which directly supports the statement "Establish a UN-led body to oversee compute-intensive AI." The "for" vote aligns with the quote. Year 2026 is current and relevant. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 4d ago
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