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A foundational international policy document for AI governance; frequently cited as the first major intergovernmental acknowledgment of catastrophic AI risk, making it highly relevant to tracking the evolution of global AI safety policy.
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The Bletchley Declaration is a landmark multinational policy agreement signed at the AI Safety Summit 2023, committing participating nations to collaborative efforts on AI safety while enabling beneficial AI development. It represents one of the first major intergovernmental consensus documents explicitly addressing risks from frontier AI systems, including potential catastrophic and existential harms.
Key Points
- •Signed by 28+ countries at Bletchley Park in November 2023, marking the first major international governmental consensus on AI safety risks.
- •Explicitly acknowledges potential catastrophic and existential risks from advanced AI, legitimizing these concerns at the highest policy levels.
- •Commits signatories to information sharing and collaborative safety research on frontier AI models.
- •Establishes a framework for ongoing international cooperation, laying groundwork for subsequent AI safety summits (Seoul, Paris).
- •Continues to expand with new signatories; New Zealand joined as recently as February 2025.
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# AI Safety Summit 2023: The Bletchley Declaration
Declaration agreed by countries attending the AI Safety Summit 2023 at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire.
From:[Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street), [Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office) and [Department for Science, Innovation and Technology](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology)Published1 November 2023Last updated
13 February 2025
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## Documents
### [The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1-2 November 2023](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november-2023)
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## Details
The Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety announces a new global effort to unlock the enormous benefits offered by AI – by ensuring it remains safe.
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Published 1 November 2023
Last updated 13 February 2025
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1. 13 February 2025
Updated to include New Zealand as a signatory of the declaration.
2. 1 November 2023
First published.
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