Twenty-two political leaders have backed an international declaration calling for frontier AI to remain under human direction, oversight and control, while promoting mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation.
The appeal seeks common safety infrastructure
The declaration asks companies to publish transparent safety protocols and grant qualified evaluators sufficient access. It also calls for coordinated standards, shared reporting of serious incidents and scientific capacity that is accessible across regions.
It proposes exploring an international institution
Signatories ask UN member states to build on existing mechanisms and consider an institution able to set standards, enable verification and convene governments when capability thresholds are crossed. Finland's president and Norway's prime minister launched the appeal during UN High-Level Week.
The declaration is political, not binding law
The Finnish presidency says 22 leaders from 20 countries joined at launch. Politico reports that the United States, China and the United Kingdom were not signatories, and that the declaration does not call for pausing AI development. It creates no enforceable testing requirement or supervisory institution by itself.