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The Annual AI Governance Report 2025: Steering the Future of AI

Yoshua Bengio made a strong call in his talk for global governance and shared responsibility:

• Collective Wisdom: We must collectively choose a path that prioritizes safety and ethical
development, rather than letting corporate and national competition compromise public
interest.
• Global Public Good: Advanced AI, especially AGI, must be managed as a global public
good, not solely left to market forces or geopolitical rivalry.
• Technological and Governance Guardrails: It is essential to develop both technical
solutions (like non-agentic AI) and robust global governance frameworks, international
norms, and transparency measures to ensure AI serves all of humanity.

A discussion point was whether open-source AI could be a crucial factor in fostering inclusiveness
and rebuilding trust, particularly given concerns that AI development currently benefits only a
select few countries, communities, or individuals. H.E. Shan Zhongde, Vice Minister, Ministry
of Industry and Information Technology, People's Republic of China, said that open source as
a collaborative platform belongs to the global community and is a great power for the world
and China.

George Papandreou brought in an interesting proposal into the debate: creating a "fourth
branch of government" – a deliberative branch, supported by AI. This would enable citizens to
participate in discussions on laws and policies, fostering real debate and consensus-building,
moving away from the false sense of empowerment offered by current social platforms.

Figure 11: H�E� Mr� Shan Zhongde, Vice Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, People's Republic of China; Anne Bouverot, Special Envoy of France
for AI

Quotes:
• “If you just look at the model cards for all the prominent model providers over the
last three to four years and just analyze the amount of information that used to
be present in them and the amount of information that is present in them today
for when they come out, we've actually seen a regression.” (Udbhav Tiwari, VP
Strategy and Global Affairs, Signal)

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