Leading Scientists Call for Global Action at International Dialogue on AI Safety
October 31, 2023
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FAR.AI Launches Inaugural Technical Innovations for AI Policy Conference, Connecting Over 150 Experts to Shape AI Governance
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 4, 2025 — FAR.AI successfully launched the inaugural Technical Innovations for AI Policy Conference, creating a vital bridge between cutting-edge AI research and actionable policy solutions. The two-day gathering (May 31–June 1) convened more than 150 technical experts, researchers, and policymakers to address the most pressing challenges at the intersection of AI technology and governance.
Organized in collaboration with the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI), the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and the RAND Corporation, the conference tackled urgent challenges including semiconductor export controls, hardware-enabled governance mechanisms, AI safety evaluations, data center security, energy infrastructure, and national defense applications.
"I hope that today this divide can end, that we can bury the hatchet and forge a new alliance between innovation and American values, between acceleration and altruism that will shape not just our nation's fate but potentially the fate of humanity," said Mark Beall, President of the AI Policy Network, addressing the critical need for collaboration between Silicon Valley and Washington.
Keynote speakers included Congressman Bill Foster, Saif Khan (Institute for Progress), Helen Toner (CSET), Mark Beall (AI Policy Network), Brad Carson (Americans for Responsible Innovation), and Alex Bores (New York State Assembly). The diverse program featured over 20 speakers from leading institutions across government, academia, and industry.
Key themes emerged around the urgency of action, with speakers highlighting a critical 1,000-day window to establish effective governance frameworks. Concrete proposals included Congressman Foster's legislation mandating chip location-verification to prevent smuggling, the RAISE Act requiring safety plans and third-party audits for frontier AI companies, and strategies to secure the 80-100 gigawatts of additional power capacity needed for AI infrastructure.
FAR.AI will share recordings and materials from on-the-record sessions in the coming weeks. For more information and a complete speaker list, visit https://far.ai/events/event-list/technical-innovations-for-ai-policy-2025.
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Prominent AI scientists from China and the West propose joint strategy to mitigate risks from AI at the inaugural International Dialogue on AI Safety.
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This article is about a historical event from October 2023. For the latest information, check out our recent event in Beijing or the International Dialogues on AI Safety event series.
The International Dialogue on AI Safety is a new initiative bringing together scientists from around the world to collaborate on mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence. FAR.AI organized and facilitated the first event in this initiative in partnership with the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI), and the Ditchley Foundation.
The first meeting was convened in October 2023 by Turing Award winners Yoshua Bengio and Andrew Yao, UC Berkeley professor Stuart Russell, OBE, and founding Dean of the Tsinghua Institute for AI Industry Research Ya-Qin Zhang. The purpose was to build a shared understanding of risks from advanced AI systems, inform intergovernmental processes, and lay the foundations for further cooperation to prevent worst-case outcomes from AI systems including, but not limited to, human extinction.
The expert attendees warned governments and AI developers that “coordinated global action on AI safety research and governance is critical to prevent uncontrolled frontier AI development from posing unacceptable risks to humanity.” They produced a joint statement with specific technical and policy recommendations for governments and AI developers.
We are excited to continue supporting this initiative as it evolves.
