Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation

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  Bernie Sanders

  U.S. Senator from Vermont

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  One might think that, given the very real threat to humanity, countries might come together to regulate this technology through an international treaty, like we did with nuclear weapons at the height of the Cold War. [...] We need international coope... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Mary Robinson

  Former Irish president; Elders chair

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  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 sa... more Unverified source (2026)

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  José Cepeda

  Spanish MEP (S&D); co-rapporteur for the EU Parliament's approval of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI

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  The conclusion of the Framework Convention showcases the EU's commitment to safe development and deployment of AI. [...] AI must serve people, strengthen open societies, and uphold a European model founded on human dignity, transparency, and accounta... more Unverified source (2026)

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  David Lammy

  UK Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

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  This summit is an important moment in determining how we can work together with our international partners to unlock the full benefits and potential of AI, while baking in robust and fair safety standards that protect us all. Unverified source (2026)

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  Jensen Huang

  Nvidia cofounder and CEO

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  It is essential that our AI researchers and their AI researchers are actually talking. It is essential that we try to both agree on what not to use the AI for. [...] We want the United States to win, but I think having a dialogue and having a researc... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Pedro Sánchez

  Prime Minister of Spain

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  We clearly need a global multilateral response where all nations feel on equal footing and where there is an alliance between businesses, academia, the scientific community, and the legislative and executive branches. [...] We must be leading actors ... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Emmanuel Macron

  President of France

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  We are determined to continue to shape the rules of the game, and to do with our allies such as India. [...] Europe is not blindly focused on regulation – Europe is a space for innovation and investment, but it is a safe space, and safe spaces win in... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Dario Amodei

  CEO at Anthropic

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  After drawing a hard line against AI abuses in democracies, we should use that precedent to create an international taboo against the worst abuses of powerful AI. [...] I recognize that the current political winds have turned against international co... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Yoshua Bengio

  AI Pioneer, Turing Award winner

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  It is in the rational interest of various countries to make sure we end up with an international agreement. Unverified source (2026)

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  Demis Hassabis

  Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind

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  It's very important that we have international summits like this to discuss how to make sure the opportunities benefit the whole world and how we can mitigate the risks. [...] It is becoming an incredibly important convening point for international d... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Mark Brakel

  Policy director, Future of Life Institute

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  So many risks, from child safety to national security risks to loss of control, were discussed in the corridors with greater urgency than ever but didn't make it to the official outcome. Unverified source (2026)

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  Erika Guevara Rosas

  Senior Director of Research, Advocacy Policy and Campaigns at Amnesty International

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  These gatherings have time and again proven largely irrelevant and ineffective at advancing binding rights protections or the safeguards necessary in the context of immense AI investment. [...] States must urgently course‑correct the current AI traje... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Astrophysicist, author, science communicator

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  That branch of AI is lethal. We've got to do something about that. Nobody should build it. And everyone needs to agree to that by treaty. Treaties are not perfect, but they are the best we have as humans. Unverified source (2026)

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  Stuart J. Russell

  AI Expert and Professor

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  For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty. [...] Each of the CEOs of the main AI companies, I believe, wants to disarm, but they can't do... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Amba Kak

  Co-Executive Director of the AI Now Institute; TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI (2024)

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  The fact that this declaration drew such wide endorsement, especially from the US, which held out in Paris, tells you what kind of agenda it is: one that is AI-industry approved, not one that meaningfully protects the public. [...] Another round of g... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Maria Ressa

  Nobel Peace Prize laureate; journalist; CEO and co-founder of Rappler

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  Without AI safeguards, we may soon face epistemic chaos, engineered pandemics, and systematic human rights violation. History teaches us that when confronted with irreversible, borderless threats, cooperation is the only rational way to pursue nation... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Volodymyr Zelenskyy

  President of Ukraine

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  We need global rules – now! – for how AI can be used in weapons. This is just as urgent as preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. Unverified source (2025)

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  Sundeep Waslekar

  Strategic Foresight Group president

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  The agreement should establish an upper limit on computing power: [...] Think of this as an inverse Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Unverified source (2025)

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  Robi Rahman

  AI governance writer, MIRI TGT

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  An ASI nonproliferation agreement can be effective even without complete worldwide adoption. Unverified source (2025)

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  Paul Scharre

  CNAS executive and weapons expert

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  It was a set of interlocking global institutions—the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the International Atomic Energy Agency, [...] Could we do something similar for AI? Unverified source (2024)

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  Marija Pejčinović Burić

  Council of Europe Secretary General

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  The Framework Convention is an open treaty with a potentially global reach. I hope [...] followed quickly by ratifications Unverified source (2024)

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  Fu Cong

  Chinese arms control diplomat

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  We should push forward negotiations on cyber space, outer space, artificial intelligence [...] concluding legally-binding international instruments or codes of conduct as soon as possible Unverified source (2024)

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  Rufo Guerreschi

  Policy writer, Trustless Computing Association

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  Back in 1946, as the world grappled with the looming threat of nuclear weapons, [...] a treaty-making process for an International AI Development Authority [...]. Unverified source (2024)

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  Akash Wasil

  Lawfare contributing writer

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  The IAEA presents a clear verification methodology [...] a model for AI governance. [...] verifying compliance with the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Unverified source (2024)

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  Satya Nadella

  Microsoft CEO

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  But if there is going to be a successful [...] "regime of control" over AI, then we will need some global cooperation like the IAEA. Unverified source (2023)

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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. Unverified source (2023)

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  Mustafa Suleyman

  Microsoft AI CEO; author

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  We've certainly done this [...] handle nuclear materials. These all require licensing regimes [...] I can imagine the same kind of regime [...] with these large language models. Unverified source (2023)

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  Sam Altman

  CEO at OpenAI

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  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)

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  Pope Francis

  Head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025)

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  I urge the global community of nations [...] to adopt a binding international treaty that regulates the development and use of artificial intelligence in its many forms. Unverified source (2023)

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  Toby Walsh

  Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence

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  I strongly believe that worrying about the definition of AWS is a distraction from making progress on regulating this space. Let me give an analogy. Nuclear weapons are never defined in any UN treaty regarding the proliferation or prohibition of nuc... more Unverified source (2023)

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  António Guterres

  UN Secretary-General

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  The international community has a long history of responding to new technologies with the potential to disrupt our societies and economies. We have come together at the United Nations to set new international rules, sign new treaties, and establish n... more Unverified source (2023)

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  The FLI Team

  AI safety think tank staff

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  The view that “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war” is now mainstream, with that statement being endorsed by a who’s who of AI experts and though... more Unverified source (2023)

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  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  AI researcher and writer

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  Make immediate multinational agreements to prevent the prohibited activities from moving elsewhere. [...] preventing AI extinction scenarios is considered a priority above preventing a [...] nuclear exchange Unverified source (2023)

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  Geoffrey Odlum

  Former US diplomat, NSC director

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  I fully support [...] the negotiation of an international AI safety treat. [...] the Treaty of the Non-Prolifreation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) [...]. Unverified source (2023)

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  Seth Moulton

  U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

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  Such an agreement would require a new verification organization, analogous to the International Atomic Energy Agency, [...]. But if we could achieve pathbreaking agreements on nonproliferation [...]. Unverified source (2023)

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  House Armed Services Committee — Future of Defense Task Force

  U.S. congressional defense task force

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  [T]he United States should lead in the formulation and ratification of a global treaty on Artificial Intelligence [...] the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Unverified source (2020)

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  Peter Bittner

  International relations commentator

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  A bilateral U.S.-China agreement on AI regulation could be instrumental [...] using the NPT as a model. Unverified source

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  Andrea Miotti

  Founder and CEO of ControlAI

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  governing nuclear technology to avoid a global catastrophe required international cooperation. [...] the development of advanced artificial intelligence Unverified source

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  Vladimir Putin

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  Humanity can agree on common principles of controlling artificial intelligence similar to the nuclear non-proliferation rules Unverified source

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  Michael Kratsios

  U.S. OSTP Director

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  We totally reject all efforts by international bodies to assert centralized control and global governance of AI. Unverified source (2025)

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  Yann LeCun

  Computer scientist, AI researcher

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  The question that people are debating is whether it makes sense to regulate research and development of AI. And I don't think it does. Unverified source (2023)

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  David Westin

  Bloomberg anchor, Wall Street Week host

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  So when Mustafa Suleiman says we need to have some kind of international agreement, some kind of framework, I think he knows that this ain't happening and it's certainly not happening fast enough. Well, I mean, the Cold War analogy is helpful here b... more Unverified source (2023)

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  Ian J. Stewart

  Nonproliferation expert and scholar

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  It is also not clear that AI can be safeguarded in a way that’s comparable to nuclear materials. Unverified source (2023)

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  Malcolm Davis

  Senior analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

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  Our authoritarian adversaries, like Russia and China, and rogue states like North Korea are not going to sign up to this ban, he said. [Automated weapons] will completely change the speed and efficiency with which armies can kill the other side, he ... more Unverified source (2017)

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