Global Call for AI Red Lines (red-lines.ai)

A massive, cross‑disciplinary coalition of Nobel laureates, Turing Award winners, former heads of state, leading AI researchers and executives, and prominent policymakers has issued a global call to set clear “red lines” for advanced AI to prevent “serious and potentially irreversible” harm to humanity. The signatories span academia, industry and international governance—representatives from DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mila, major universities, and disarmament and human‑rights institutions—signaling unusually broad consensus that urgent, coordinated action is needed as capabilities accelerate. For the AI/ML community this elevates safety and governance from a niche concern to a mainstream global priority: the statement presses for enforceable limits on dangerous deployments, stronger international cooperation, and sustained investment in alignment, oversight and evaluation. Technically, it bolsters calls for rigorous red‑teaming, scalable oversight, transparency and safety benchmarking for high‑capability systems, and for governance mechanisms that can track and constrain dual‑use research and deployments. The unified voice of scientists, ethicists and policymakers increases pressure for binding regulations, standardized risk assessments, and institutional reforms to ensure advanced models are developed and released with provable safeguards.