Grant member states majority governance control in the CERN for AI

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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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  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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  Centre for Future Generations

  European think tank on emerging technologies

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  The governance model we propose relies on twin principles of transparency and accountability, implemented through a Member Representative Board that serves as a guardian of the institution’s mission. Two independent expert boards—Mission Alignment an...

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  Ursula von der Leyen

  President of the European Commission

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  AI will improve our healthcare, spur our research and innovation and boost our competitiveness. We want AI to be a force for good and for growth. [...] This is why, together with our Member States and with our partners, we will mobilise unprecedented...

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  Kevin Kohler

  Researcher, Simon Institute

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  The idea of a “CERN for AI” was first proposed by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus at the AI for Good Summit in 2017. He invoked CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, as a model of international, publicly funded scientific collaboratio...

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  Trustless Computing Association

  Computing trust and safety nonprofit

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  Participant AI labs would join as innovation and go-to-market partners, within a consortium democratically managed by the participant states.

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  Council of the European Union

  EU Council of governments

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  A new European strategy for AI in science is under development by the Commission, which the conclusions emphasise should be developed in close cooperation with the member states and the R&I community. In particular, the strategy should also emphasise...

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  The Decoder

  Technology news outlet

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  The proposed research institution, modeled on the CERN project, would be funded by the international community, in particular the EU, the UK, Canada and Australia. The computing capabilities would be overseen by "experts from the machine learning and...

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  Gary Marcus

  Professor of Psychology and Neural Science

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  I have talked about having something like a CERN [European Organization for Nuclear Research] for AI, which might focus on AI safety. In some industries, we know how to make reliable [products], usually only in narrow domains. One example is bridges:...

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  Alek Tarkowski

  Open Future director; digital policy

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  There is a need to develop alternatives that are publicly funded, driven by a public-interest mission, and overseen by democratically elected institutions. By proposing a mission to build a “CERN for AI”, the LAION researchers argue that a strong ro...

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  Elliot Jones

  Ada Lovelace Institute researcher

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  Preventing narrowly commercial interests from dominating a CERN for AI would require vigilant governance. That said, the governance structure of CERN could provide a template for its AI-focused equivalent: CERN’s multinational membership and interdis...

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  Demis Hassabis

  Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind

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  We must take the risks of AI as seriously as other major global challenges, like climate change. It took the international community too long to coordinate an effective global response to this, and we’re living with the consequences of that now. We c...

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  Mark Brakel

  Policy director, Future of Life Institute

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  Yeah, I think we need multiple features and maybe not in the same place. I think a CERN is definitely something we need. I mean, I think we need to ensure that more of the development happens in a way that there is oversight over it and governments p...

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  Yoshua Bengio

  AI Pioneer, Turing Award winner

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  At the same time, in order to reduce the probability of someone intentionally or unintentionally bringing about a rogue AI, we need to increase governance and we should consider limiting access to the large-scale generalist AI systems that could be w...

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  Mary-Anne Hartley

  EPFL physician; ICANN initiative

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  Because, you know, those things are, those things, people want those things. People want compute. They want data. And humans are humans and we do compete. And it’s important to convene people so that we dilute that ability of competition, because thi...

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