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International AI Safety Report (Bengio-chaired)

Type
Multilateral body
Place
International — International (UK AI Security Institute hosts the Secretariat)
Last checked
2026-09-22
Next check due
2027-03-21

Ways to reach them

  • General enquiries · Email address
    Verified · 2026-09-22

    The only published contact address

    Verified by direct fetch of the About page.

  • Secretariat-coordinated review process · Public consultation
    Verification expired · 2026-09-22

    This route is retained as reference only. Its verification is missing, more than 180 days old, or the contact window is not currently open; do not rely on it until it is re-checked.

    Draft review by civil society and industry

    The About page states the UK Secretariat 'coordinates a review process that gathers feedback from civil society groups and industry leaders'. There is NO published open call for evidence and no public submission form — participation is by invitation into the review round.

  • Homepage · Homepage
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What it does

Mandated by the Bletchley summit; chaired by Yoshua Bengio. 2026 edition published 3 Feb 2026 (arXiv 2602.21012) ahead of the India AI Impact Summit, with an Executive Summary and an Extended Summary for Policymakers. Backed by an Expert Advisory Panel of the 30 Bletchley countries plus the EU, OECD and UN. Synthesises evidence on general-purpose AI capabilities, risks and technical mitigations; it does not make policy recommendations.

Honest assessment

Prestigious but not open. There is one inbox and an invitation-only review round. A well-evidenced technical finding emailed to enquiries@ has a plausible path to an author; a general policy opinion does not. The higher-yield route is to get the underlying work cited in the literature the authors survey, since the Report is a synthesis of published evidence.

Concerns it covers

Comprehensive by design: malicious use (cyber, bio, manipulation), malfunctions/reliability, systemic risks (labour, concentration, environment), and loss of control are all treated. Notably more balanced across near-term and catastrophic risk than its critics assume.

Government channel

Very strong — it is the designated evidence base for the AI summit series and is formally received by ~30 governments plus the EU, OECD and UN.

Sources

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