Norway leads UN push for international AI oversight

Norway and 20 other countries are urging the UN to establish an international institution to regulate artificial intelligence, following reports of AI agents attacking real systems undetected for months. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finland's President Alexander Stubb lead the initiative. The joint appeal, announced during Støre's state visit to Canada, calls for open security protocols, mandatory testing before AI deployment, independent audits, and coordinated reporting of serious safety incidents. The proposal includes creating a UN body to set standards and gather states when AI capabilities exceed certain thresholds. The initiative follows warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about potentially catastrophic consequences, though experts like Klas Pettersen at SimulaMet caution against doom predictions. AI companies themselves have requested government regulation, citing fears of being outpaced in a geopolitical race.