Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong proposed a voluntary cross-border pilot for reporting AI failures and near misses, aiming to supplement safety information that largely comes from developers of frontier models.
In remarks published by Singapore’s Prime Minister’s Office, Wong said he raised the idea at a virtual leaders’ meeting co-hosted by Finland and Norway on Oct. 28. The proposal would cover serious failures encountered by governments, businesses and other AI users, including cases in which no harm occurs. Wong’s rationale was that organizations using AI can experience incidents that developers’ reporting may not capture.
Participants could begin by agreeing on incident categories and the details to record, then explore secure ways to gather and exchange reports. Wong said they could test the process and identify practical problems before deciding whether a broader arrangement is workable. He described the approach as “practical and flexible.”
Cooperation, Wong said, could proceed through specific workstreams and smaller groups of interested countries, with participation and adoption voluntary. He also said any information exchange should respect legitimate security and commercial sensitivities.
Reports could include events that do not meet existing reporting requirements. Wong said user accounts could add to current information on frontier AI safety, much of which comes from model developers. He pointed to aviation reporting, saying that reviewing incidents and near misses can help improve safety standards.
The proposal follows a Sept. 21 call for control of frontier AI models that Wong endorsed. The call urged companies to use pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation, governments to coordinate standards and share reports of serious safety incidents, and U.N. member states to consider an international institution.
Finland and Norway said in a joint statement that an expert-level process among interested countries would follow the meeting to consider ways to improve AI safety and security. They gave no timetable, and their statement did not say the pilot had been accepted or would launch.
