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Restrict the CERN for AI initiative to EU member states

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Christian Klein
CEO of SAP SE, Europe's largest software company

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From my perspective, digital sovereignty means the ability to exercise choice, control and governance across data, operational, technical and legal layers. This is not about technological isolation or excluding global partners. Europe must remain ope...
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A Blueprint for Multinational Advanced AI Development
November 2025 Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative memo (29 co-authors incl. Yoshua Bengio) arguing that "AI bridge powers" should jointly develop frontier AI

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Coordinated deployment of existing, planned, and within-reach European and other bridge power AI compute capacity is likely to provide sufficient computational resources to produce frontier AI models in the next few years, although significantly more...
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Japan Science and Technology Agency
Japanese government science funding agency

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"CERN for AI," which would provide researchers worldwide with broad and equitable access to computing resources, enable dataset construction, and support multi-way learning among researchers [...]
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S7 Academies
Coalition of G7 science academies

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We recognise that advanced technologies inevitably raise national security concerns, however it is the responsibility of academies and governments to consider the interests of global humanity and the planet. Cooperation for peace and global security ...
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Mary-Anne Hartley
EPFL physician; ICANN initiative

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Yeah, sure. I think what we all saw with the use case over there is what is possible when people work together and when they are convened on purpose, right? And with a specific purpose in mind. It’s so important. And to formalize that around these re...
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Sara Ibrahim
Science and AI journalist at swissinfo.ch

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votes Against and says:

The centre has long promoted the creation of a "CERN for AI" [...] But to achieve this, the EU will not be able to isolate itself.
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Gianni Manco
Italian digital transformation and AI policy consultant

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votes Against and says:

Serve un centro UE sul modello del CERN e come tale aperto a paesi anche non europei e all’utilizzo delle sue infrastrutture di supercalcolo.
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Kevin Kohler
Researcher, Simon Institute

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Membership should be open to all states and the organization may be "linked to the UN via a cooperation agreement".
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Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI
International nonprofit for global AI governance

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votes Against and says:

It can be conceived as a sort of "global Airbus for AI", or a much stronger and extensive global "CERN for AI". [...] This opportunity is open to all states and firms, allowing them to participate on equal footing.
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Demis Hassabis
Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind

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Then what I’d like to see eventually is an equivalent of a Cern for AI safety that does research into that – but internationally.
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Gary Marcus
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science

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Ultimately, we may need something like cern Global, international and neutral, but focused on AI safety rather than high energy physics.
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LAION
Open‑source AI research organisation

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We call upon the global community, particularly the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, to collaborate on a monumental initiative: the establishment of an international, publicly funded, open-source supercomp...
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Luca Tremolada
Italian technology journalist, Il Sole 24 Ore

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In questi mesi di allarmi sull'impatto dell'umanità artificiale non sarebbe sbagliato immaginare un Cern dell'Ai, fondato da Paesi europei e aperto a tutti.
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Francesca Bria
Innovation economist and digital policy expert

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The key is using data and AI, governed in a fair and democratic way, and deployed for democratic deliberation, not to increased clicks, polarising public opinions and monetizing users’ data. This is the opposite of the public interest. Europe needs ...
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Antonio Krüger
German AI research institute leader

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votes Against and says:

But a hub usually implies a place. A place to go. The place to be, to discuss, to invent. We therefore must join the minds and the talents in a real hub, a European Lighthouse for AI. Not only as a symbol for European excellence and ambition across a...
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Steven Hill
Political author and policy analyst

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votes Against and says:

Given the constraints on the current research paradigm, scientists and policy advocates are increasingly coming to the conclusion that a more collaborative and international endeavor is necessary to truly harness the power of AI and ensure it is used...
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Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission

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votes Against and says:

CERN hosts the largest particle accelerator in the world. And it allows the best and the brightest minds in the world to work together. We want the same to happen in our AI Gigafactories.
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Morten Irgens
AI researcher; co-founder and Vice-Chair of CAIRNE (Confederation of Laboratories for AI Research in Europe); co-founder of NORA and Adra

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votes Against and says:

To effectively address the pressing issue of technological sovereignty in AI, a coalition of EU member states and like-minded countries should commit themselves to creating a CERN for AI worthy of the name. [...] When 12 European nations established ...
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Sara Ibrahim
Science and AI journalist at swissinfo.ch

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the success of any major new AI initiative will depend on the inclusion of non-EU countries.
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Centre for Future Generations
European think tank on emerging technologies

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CERN for AI’s founding members should comprise a select set of trusted non-EU partners, particularly EEA countries and strategic Horizon Europe collaborators.
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Demis Hassabis
Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind

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I’d love for there to be an International CERN, basically, for AI, where you get the top researchers in the world and you go: Look, let’s focus on the final few years of this project […] and really get it right.
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Institute for Law & AI
Non-profit research institute on AI governance

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should eventually be open to all states and possibly be linked to the United Nations through a cooperation agreement, according to the authors.
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