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22 Countries Back Call to Keep AI ‘Under Human Control’

The statement urges companies to test systems before deployment and calls for common safety standards and a possible international AI institution.

  • On Monday, leaders from 20 countries released a statement demanding increased oversight of advanced AI systems. Hosted by the President of Finland, the declaration cites rapid development and safety protocol failures as reasons for international coordination.
  • With the United Nations General Assembly General Debate beginning Tuesday in New York City, signatories aim to chart global AI priorities. The statement emphasizes that AI must remain under human control and adhere to international law.
  • Signatories include Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Kenyan President William Ruto, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The group proposes pre-deployment safety testing, common international standards, and exploring creation of a global institution.
  • Nick Moes, Executive Director of The Future Society, commended the initiative as a sign of appetite for meaningful coordination. Moes noted that mobilizing political and financial capital remains essential to maintaining control over frontier AI models.
  • The Security Council will hold dedicated AI sessions on Wednesday. While existing platforms like the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI already operate, these new efforts seek to bridge gaps in current international coordination.
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Politicians such as Chancellor Merz and Canada's Prime Minister Carney are pleading for new AI security rules. However, the call still lacks support from the two most important countries for AI development.

·Hamburg, Germany
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Veštačka intelligence must remain under the supervision and control of the people and be developed and used in the warehouse with international law, rely on the declarations that are mastered by 20 fields, rely on international council and organize, ensure the possibility of establishing global supervision.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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In the run-up to the UN General Debate in New York on Tuesday, several countries, including Austria, have signed a call for binding safety rules for particularly powerful AI models. Such systems would be "serious risks for security and protection" if insufficient control were taken, according to the statement published on Monday. Artificial intelligence (AI) must "be under human direction, supervision and control."

·Vienna, Austria
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World leaders have proposed to establish control over AI — the US and China have not joined Twenty countries and the EU have called for co-ordinating standards and oversight <p>of AI. The United States and China have not signed the declaration.</p>

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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More than 20 countries, including Finland, Norway, and Canada, issued a statement calling for the establishment of an international organization, saying “Artificial intelligence (AI) must be maintained under human control” to coincide with the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. However, President Donald Trump of the United States, the leading country in artificial intelligence, said that the “artificial intelligence threat theory” i…

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Digi.no broke the news on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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