# International AI Safety Report 2026

- **Jurisdiction:** International / multilateral (INTL)
- **Type:** Advisory · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** no
- **Issued by:** Expert Advisory Panel backed by 30+ countries and international organisations (chair: Yoshua Bengio)
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 3 Feb 2026 · **Effective:** —
- **Obligations:** —
- **Sectors:** All sectors

## Summary
Second annual scientific review of the capabilities and risks of general-purpose AI, authored by over 100 experts. It informs governments' frontier-AI policy but creates no obligations.

## Why it matters
Widely cited evidence base for frontier-model risk discussions by regulators and AI institutes.

## Source
[International AI Safety Report](https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026)
Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026.

## Cite
International AI Safety Report 2026. Expert Advisory Panel backed by 30+ countries and international organisations (chair: Yoshua Bengio). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/intl-international-ai-safety-report-2026/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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