{"id":688,"date":"2025-06-26T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/?p=688"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:58:04","slug":"response-to-revisions-2-3-of-the-independent-international-scientific-panel-on-ai-and-the-global-dialogue-on-ai-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/response-to-revisions-2-3-of-the-independent-international-scientific-panel-on-ai-and-the-global-dialogue-on-ai-governance","title":{"rendered":"Response to Revisions 2 & 3 of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After further rounds of consultations with member states, the co-facilitators from Spain and Costa Rica have published Revision 3<\/a> for the modalities of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance. We support Rev. 3 as a hard-wrought and reasonable compromise that provides a functioning structure for both panel and dialogue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Panel structure – from Rev. 1 to Rev. 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a reminder, when we last discussed the panel structure of Rev. 1<\/a>, there was a 40-member scientific steering body called the \u201cPanel\u201d, which had a 5-member executive body called the \u201cBureau\u201d. Member States and the Secretary General selected a 20-member \u201cIndependent Appointment Committee\u201d, which in turn selected the Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig. 1: Structure of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI in Rev. 1<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the panel structure of Rev.3, the \u201cIndependent Appointment Committee\u201d has been replaced with a direct, criteria-based selection of the \u201cPanel\u201d that involves the Secretary General with confirmation through the General Assembly. Similarly, the governmental experts in the Plenary of AI have been replaced by the General Assembly Plenary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0Fig. 2: Structure of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI in Rev. 3<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Working groups remain essential for scientific independence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The intermediate draft of Rev. 2<\/a> had temporarily omitted working groups. We are strongly supportive of their return in Rev. 3. Working groups have never been a particularly contentious issue amongst member states. However, based on consultations with a wide range of experts and lessons from successful science-policy bodies, we have long identified<\/a> them as a key requirement for the design of a functional scientific panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n