Evaluate Governance Structures for an International “CERN for AI”

Determine whether existing proposals for the governance structure of an international AI megaproject (a “CERN for AI”) satisfactorily address stakeholder demands, and, if not, develop governance designs that ensure legitimacy, safety, and effectiveness for such a collaborative compute-intensive initiative.

Background

The paper explores the idea of a cooperative international AI megaproject—analogous to CERN—to pool compute resources for public-interest goals, safety research, or frontier capabilities under shared oversight.

The authors stress that the desirability of such a project would hinge on its governance design and that it remains uncertain whether existing proposals are adequate, making the evaluation and development of viable governance structures an open challenge.