Research: International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI: interim report

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An interim report on the science of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety.

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A full report - International AI Safety Report 2025, was published in January 2025 ahead of the AI Action Summit in France.

Further information and updates are available at https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/.

The International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI interim report sets out a science-based understanding of the safety of advanced AI systems. The independent, international, and inclusive report is a landmark moment of international collaboration. It marks the first time the international community has come together to supports efforts to build a shared scientific and evidence-based understanding of frontier AI risks.

The interim report restricts its focus to a summary of the evidence on general-purpose AI, which have advanced rapidly in recent years. The report synthesises the evidence base on the capabilities of, and risks from, general-purpose AI and evaluates technical methods for assessing and mitigating them.

The interim report highlights several key takeaways, including:

  • General-purpose AI can be used to advance the public interest, leading to enhanced wellbeing, prosperity, and scientific discoveries.
  • According to many metrics, the capabilities of general-purpose AI are advancing rapidly. Whether there has been significant progress on fundamental challenges such as causal reasoning is debated among researchers.
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