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This Brookings Institution article examines the challenges and mechanisms for building effective international cooperation on AI governance, arguing that coordinated global approaches are necessary to manage AI risks and ensure beneficial outcomes. It explores existing multilateral frameworks, their limitations, and proposes pathways for stronger cross-border collaboration on AI standards and safety.
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- •International coordination on AI is essential to prevent regulatory fragmentation and race-to-the-bottom dynamics among competing nations.
- •Existing multilateral institutions (UN, OECD, G7/G20) provide partial frameworks but lack the mandate or capacity for comprehensive AI governance.
- •Technical standards bodies and bilateral agreements can serve as building blocks for broader international AI cooperation.
- •Differences in AI development priorities between major powers (US, EU, China) pose significant challenges to unified global governance.
- •Proposed mechanisms include shared risk assessment frameworks, incident reporting systems, and joint research on safety standards.
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Strengthening international cooperation on artificial intelligence
Joshua P. Meltzer and
Joshua P. Meltzer
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
Cameron F. Kerry
Cameron F. Kerry
Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow
- Governance Studies , Center for Technology Innovation (CTI)
February 17, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially transformational technology that will have broad social, economic, national security, and geopolitical implications for the United States and the world. 1 AI is not one particular technology but a general-purpose technology combining software and hardware in systems that enable technologies (machi
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