Artificial Intelligence

Nobel Laureates Call for Binding AI 'Red Lines' by 2026

SEP 22 2025·Updated SEP 23 2025

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Over 200 prominent figures, including 10 Nobel Prize winners, former heads of state, and leading AI researchers, launched the Global Call for AI Red Lines on Monday, urging governments to establish binding international prohibitions on the use of dangerous AI by the end of 2026.
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The initiative was announced by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa during the United Nations General Assembly's High-Level Week, with signatories including former Irish President Mary Robinson, Italian former Prime Minister Enrico Letta, and AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio.
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The campaign defines AI "red lines" as specific prohibitions on AI behaviors and uses deemed too dangerous to permit, including preventing AI systems from launching nuclear attacks, conducting mass surveillance or impersonating humans without disclosure.
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The signatories argue that without global standards, humanity risks facing AI-driven threats, including engineered pandemics, disinformation campaigns, large-scale human rights abuses and loss of human control over advanced AI systems that exhibit deceptive behavior.
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The initiative proposes creating an independent international body to implement and enforce AI prohibitions, similar to existing treaties banning biological weapons, nuclear weapons, and human cloning, with negotiations potentially beginning through a U.N. General Assembly resolution.
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This comes after a recent study published in Psychiatric Services by the American Psychiatric Association found that leading chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude and Google's Gemini, gave inconsistent responses to suicide-related questions. Last week, the AI roundtable at the Vatican also addressed the dangers of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the need for regulation.
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Narrative A

Current AI development is advancing rapidly without adequate safeguards, posing existential risks that necessitate immediate international action. The technology has already demonstrated dangerous capabilities, including deceptive behavior and resistance to shutdown, while being deployed in critical areas without proper oversight. Binding global red lines is humanity's last chance to maintain meaningful control before AI systems become too powerful to regulate effectively.

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Narrative B

Fears about AI have reached the level of moral panic, similar to past technology scares that proved largely unfounded. Government restrictions and binding regulations threaten to stifle innovation and limit AI's potential as a tool for expanding human expression and capability. The focus should be on empowering development and allowing citizens to use this transformative technology freely rather than imposing restrictive international mandates.

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