Canada signs AI safety pledge with global partners

The Government of Canada co-signed an international AI safety declaration on Monday with leaders from Bahrain, Finland, France, Norway, and the Netherlands, alongside ten major AI companies including Anthropic, Mistral, OpenAI, and Cohere. The agreement commits signatories to permitting independent testing, providing early warnings, and shutting down systems to prevent cascading systemic risks and formulate collective responses to emerging threats.