Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN

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 weaponized, which w... more Verified source

What I’d like to see eventually is an equivalent of a CERN for AI safety that does research into that – but internationally. Verified source

A thought experiment for regulating AI in two distinct regimes is what I call The Island. In this scenario, experts trying to build God-like AGI systems do so in a highly secure facility: an air-gapped enclosure with the best security humans can buil... more Unverified source (2024)

We can’t let the same thing happen with AI. I coded the world wide web on a single computer in a small room. But that small room didn’t belong to me, it was at Cern. Cern was created in the aftermath of the second world war by the UN and European go... more Verified source (2025)

In other times in history when we have faced uncertainty and powerful new things that may be both good and bad, that are dual use, we have made new organizations, as we have, for example, around nuclear power. We need to come together to build a glob... more Verified source

AI security is an issue of utmost importance, and ultimately international institutions have an important role to play in bringing the diversity of interests and perceptions to the table.

But the main regret I have with this talk is that I wish I had prepared a more for the section on a “CERN for AI.” The idea behind such a project is to pool many countries’ and companies’ resources into a single (possibly physically decentralized) ci... more Unverified source (2024)

We need to ensure that we do not let AI be controlled by private actors. [...] This idea of this CERN for AI… is an idea I think we should implement very quickly. Now is not the time to cut off research on research and data — it is the time to creat... more Unverified source (2025)

I believe we should commit to a CERN for AI, and locate it in the most competitive AI region of Europe. [...] We have a big problem when it comes to competitiveness. We’re lagging behind. The US invests €25 billion per year in AI, China €10 billion, ... more Unverified source (2021)

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... more Unverified source (2025)

A CERN for AI undoubtedly represents one credible possible model to advance targeted elements of AI safety research. Unverified source (2024)

Securing Our Digital Future: Calling for CERN like international organization to transparently coordinate and progress on large-scale AI research and its safety. Unverified source (2023)

A "distributed-CERN" reimagined for AI, networked across diverse States and regions, could expand opportunities for greater access to AI tools and expertise. Unverified source (2023)

The proposed umbrella organization along the lines of CERN will propel "moonshot research projects". The "CERN for AI" model is well-suited to India’s approach. Unverified source (2018)

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... more Unverified source (2018)

Panelists emphasized that talent isn’t solely drawn by salaries. A CERN for AI needs a clear mission for the public good. Examples like India’s Aadhaar system or the UK’s AI Security Institute show that visionary public projects can rally top-tier te... more Unverified source (2025)

Philipp Slusallek, Scientific Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, suggests a “CERN for AI”—“a collaborative, scientific effort to accelerate and consolidate the development and uptake of AI for the benefit of all human... more Unverified source

The European Union has announced investments in artificial intelligence (AI) worth many billions of euros with the ambition of creating a “CERN for AI”. But the inclusion of Switzerland, home to the world-renowned particle physics laboratory, may be ... more Unverified source (2025)

A CERN for AI will [...] drive innovation, economic growth, and ethical AI development. Unverified source (2025)

Only an IAIA can [...] oversee a global AI governance framework involving all major powers. Creating a new intergovernmental organization [...] is unavoidable. Unverified source (2025)

We talk about the IAEA as a model where the world has said 'OK, very dangerous technology, let's all put some guard rails.' Unverified source (2023)

The world needs a generative AI global governance body to solve these social, economic, and political disruptions beyond what any individual government is capable of, [...]. Unverified source (2023)

And that is why I think we need something like a CERN for AI to catch up easily and quickly. Unverified source (2025)

Still, the symbolic and structural value of a CERN-like institution could help build long-term trust and capacity in global AI governance. Unverified source

I would be favorable to the idea that we could have an artificial intelligence agency, [...] inspired by what the International Atomic Energy Agency is today. Unverified source (2023)

We must place advanced AI development into the hands of a new global, trusted institution and create a safer future for everyone. Unverified source (2023)

Still, that doesn’t mean the vision for a CERN-like body for AI should fade. Unverified source (2025)

then you 'incent researchers to work together and you get quite naturally this idea of the CERN for AI,' he said. Unverified source (2025)

In his comment [...], Bojic supported Von der Leyen's plan to develop CERN for AI as a 'substantial move towards responsible AI development'. Unverified source (2025)

designed to harness safely the powers of AI, from a 'CERN for AI' to 'Fair Trade AI' and a Global AGI agency. Unverified source (2024)

Haydn Belfield, a researcher at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, proposes two reinforcing institutions: an International AI Agency (IAIA) and CERN for AI.... more Verified source (2024)

It’s a CERN or DARPA for AI. Many of the US’s biggest technological innovations in the 20th century came out of the research labs at firms like AT&T, Xerox, and IBM. But those firms still had profits in their sights, not societal goals. DARPA, howeve... more Verified source (2025)

An effort such as Sentinel would loosely resemble a version of CERN for AI and would aim to become the “brain” of an international regulator of AI, which would operate similarly to how the International Atomic Energy Agency works to ensure the safe a... more Unverified source (2023)

For joint R&D, recommendation R15 of the progress report called for development of “common criteria and governance arrangements for international large-scale AI R&D projects,” with the Human Genome Project (HGP) and the European Organization for Nucl... more Unverified source

There’s a good argument that there should be a Cern for AI. Unverified source (2025)

Second, we are likely to eventually need something like an IAEA for superintelligence efforts; any effort above a certain capability (or resources like compute) threshold will need to be subject to an international authority that can inspect systems,... more Unverified source (2023)

One possibility would be to establish a largescale research facility, a CERN for AI. That would hit the headlines everywhere and attract talent from all over the world. If you want to have global appeal, you need a beacon that is really big and brigh... more Verified source (2022)

Now is the time to create a 'CERN for AI'! Unverified source (2024)

A CERN for AI could give Europe the computational infrastructure to build its own frontier AI models, Unverified source (2024)

We want to replicate the success story of the CERN laboratory in Geneva. 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 Giga... more Verified source

Right now all the companies work in competition, we need collaboration to drive AI ethical develpment

[...] calls for a CERN-like open-source collaboration among the United States and allied countries to establish an international "supercomputing research facility". Unverified source (2023)

I spent a lot of years hoping that the collaboration would occur, and there are many people in our industry who think that the arrival and development of this new intelligence is so important, it should be done in a multinational way. It should be do... more Verified source (2024)

Through the different interactions we had with the scientific community, we thought the best way forward is to have networking of what exists in Europe and strengthening of what exists, instead of creating new infrastructures. Unverified source (2025)

Suppose that frontier AI development is centralized to a single project under tight international controls, with all other development banned internationally. By far the likeliest outcome of this is that we all die. A centralized group of internatio... more Unverified source (2025)

We don’t need to invent something about the implications of AI in defense, because we already have the Geneva Convention. Unverified source (2024)

At the time, the Advisors recommended that this should be a distributed institution, not a single centralised organisation. Unverified source (2024)

'The reference to CERN is symbolic,' a European Commission spokeswoman clarified via email, adding that the initiative is intended primarily for EU member states. Unverified source (2025)

It’s great to see this proposal is now gaining traction. We need to make sure that we think carefully about how an AI institute is designed, because it really matters. [...] It should provide fair access to massive high-performing computational power... more Unverified source (2024)

At ELLIS we believe that a strong AI research landscape distributed across various locations in Europe is essential for maintaining Europe’s sovereignty in this competitive field. AI research does not require access to centralized, expensive and uniq... more Unverified source

So many needs for innovation are put under the label of AI that there will be no way to address them with a single organisation. Verified source (2020)

The AI Safety Network stands as a cornerstone of this effort. Unverified source (2024)

cooperation with our allies through a global scientific network on AI safety. Unverified source (2024)

Long timelines and cost overruns often plague ambitious big science collaborations. Physics breakthroughs have required enormous hardware investments over years. For example, to build CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, over 10,000 scientists and engineers... more Unverified source (2024)

Talk of a Cern for AI is just rhetoric — don’t be fooled. Unverified source (2023)