Governance

The Coalition was established by six NGOs and initiatives as founding partners via a joint announcement on September 10th, 2024, by signing our simple partnership agreement (pdf and docx), listed below as Founding NGO Partners. It was convened by the Trustless Computing Association on July 1st, 2024.

As per such founding documents, the Coalition will be incorporated as a legal entity as it will receive sufficient donations and it is provisionally governed by an Interim Secretariat, which has been meeting on a weekly basis.

Daily activities are led by Rufo Guerreschi, in its role as Convenor, Coordinator and Spokesperson (full-time volunteer), in charge of an Executive Committee and Advisors and members of Working Groups, all made up of professionals generously contributing their time on a volunteer basis.

Founding NGO Members

Trustless Computing Association is a Geneva-based international non-profit dedicated since 2015 to facilitating a democratic, timely and efficient treaty-making process to create proper global federal governance of AI and digital communication - primarily through its Harnessing AI Risk Initiative. Led by its founder and executive director Rufo Guerreschi, it is the original Convenor of this Coalition. 

Transnational Working Group on AI of the World Federalist Movement (WFM), an organization established in 1947, and since then one of the foremost NGOs in global federal democratization. It was the Convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court of 2500 NGOs that led to the signing by 125 states. They have produced outstanding reports, proposals and analysis on the global governance of AI. Robert Whitfield is the Chairman of its Working Group for AI.

AITreaty.org is an initiative to advance the development and ratification of an international AI treaty to reduce the catastrophic risks of AI and ensure the benefits of AI for all. Led by Tolga Bilge, AITreaty.org hosted an influential open letter for the same signed by hundreds of top AI experts. It is currently looking to establish itself as an NGO.

PauseAI is an international non-profit promoting a Proposal for a powerful global democratic organization to regulate AI. It has gained comprehensive mainstream media coverage, and is widely known in US/US AI safety circles. Led by Joep Meindertsma, it has catalyzed extensive youth active volunteer engagement around the world.

International Congress for the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (ICGAI) an international  initiative (now dormant, active 2018 and 2021) that brought together impressive and globally diverse advisors and speakers to advance a participatory global governance of AI. Founded and co-led by Wendell Wallach, from Yale and Carnegie Council, and board member at TCA. It is currently a dormant initiative, looking to establish itself as an NGO.

European Center for Peace and Development and University of Peace of the United Nations (ECPD). Established in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, it is a leading educational, research and advocacy institution for the promotion of global peace, reconciliation, socio-economic development and international cooperation. Led by its Executive Director Negoslav J. Ostojìc.

Interim Secretariat

  • (Italy) Rufo Guerreschi, Convenor, Coordinator and Spokesperson of the Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI and Founder and Executive Director of the Trustless Computing Association

  • (US) Felix De Simone, Organizing Director of PauseAI US and Spokesperson at PauseAI Global.

  • (Netherlands) Joep Meindertsma. CEO of Pause AI, an international non-profit promoting a Proposal for a powerful global democratic organization to regulate AI.

  • (China) Xiaohu Zhu, Founder at Center for Safe AGI, Shanghai; AI Existential Safety researcher at the Future of Life Institute; Foresight Fellow in Safe AGI at Foresight Institute

  • (Switzerland/US) Mark Barwinski. Former Group Head of Cybersecurity Operations at UBS, the largest wealth management bank in the world. Formerly at Siemens and at the TAO unit of the US National Security Agency.

  • (Norway) Tolga Bilge. Founder of the AItreaty.org initiative to reduce the catastrophic risks of AI and ensure the benefits of AI for all. Policy Researcher at ControlAI.

  • (Italy) Roberto Savio. Director of External Relations at the European Center for Peace and Development and University of Peace of the United Nations (ECPD).

Executive Committee

NGO Members

(Israel) Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience. Works to investigate, demonstrate, and foster useful ways to improve and to safeguard the future in the short & long term of humanity.

(Usa) Pause AI USA. A grassroots organizing for an international treaty to pause advanced AI training until we know how to proceed safely.

(USA) Center for Existential Safety. aim is to galvanize collective action to ensure humanity survives this decade. If we can achieve that, then we are likely to create an unimaginably good future for all.

Advisory Board

  • (USA) Richard Falk. Emeritus professor at Princeton University. Renowned expert in global democratic governance. Advisor of the Trustless Computing Association.

  • (Gambia) Amb. Muhammadou Kah. Chair of the UN Commission of Science and Technology for Development. Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of The Gambia to Switzerland & Permanent Representative to UN Organisations at Geneva, WTO & Other International Organisations in Switzerland.

  • (USA) Chase Cunningham. Co-founder of the Zero Trust IT security paradigms. Former Chief Cryptologist and the US National Security Agency.

  • (Brazil) Edson Prestes. Member of Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (GC REAIM). Head of the Robotics Research Group, Informatics Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

  • (Israel) David Manheim. Founder, Head of Policy and Research of the Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER). AI Safety and safety governance scientist and research.

  • (Italy) Yernur Kairly, AI Existential Risk Researcher and advocate. Research Associate at the Consortium for AI & Existential Risks (AiXist)

  • (Switzerland) Jennifer Blanke. Former Chief Economist of the World Economic Forum.

  • (UK/Canada/Russia) Boris Taratine. IT security expert, former Chief Cyber Security Architect at Lloyds Banking Group, former Principal Security Architect at VISA Europe. Advisor of the Trustless Computing Association.

  • (USA) David Hart. AI Safety Expert. Cofounder of the Open Cog Foundation.

  • (Australia) Kobi Leins. Fellow of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, and advisory board member of the Carnegie Artificial Intelligence and Equality Initiative (AIEI).

  • (USA) James Norris, Executive Director of the Center for Existential Safety.

  • (Germany) Lukas Pöhler. Member Of The Board Of Advisors of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Previously at UN and McKinsey.

  • (Singapore) Jimmy Y. Zhong, PhD, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Advocate for AI Advancement. Honorary Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology. Master in Philosophy from Oxford University.

  • (UK ) David Wood, Chair of the London Futurists. Advisor of Trustless Computing Association

  • (Switzerland) Jan Camenisch. CTO at Dfinity, 140 patents awards. Advisor of the Trustless Computing Association.

  • (USA) Khullani Abdullahi. Founder of Techné A, Ai safety compliance consultancy. Senior management official in cybersecurity and medical, pivoting to AI safety governance.

  • (USA) Mehmet Sencan. Hardware security and Guaranteed Safe AI expert. Hardware Research Consultant at Atlas Consulting.

  • (Brazil) Flavio S. Correa da Silva. Director of the Research Center on Open Source Software and member of the Laboratory of Logics, Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

  • (USA) John Havens. Founding Executive Director of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. Member, World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Human Rights and Technology.

    High-Level Advisory Board

    • Work in progress.

    Volunteers

  • (Saudi Arabia) Faisal Alzahrani. AI engineer at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia.

  • (India) Rujuta Karekar. AI safety activist and digital content and communication consultant.

  • (Italy) Elena Viezzoli. Telecommunication executive, Startup mentor and fundraising consultant.

    Working Groups

    Working Groups are composed of Advisors. For a full profile of each, refer to the Advisors section above:

    • Treaty-Making and Constituent Process WG.

      • (Gambia) Amb. Muhammadou Kah

      • (Italy) Rufo Guerreschi

      • (USA) Richard Falk

    • IT Security WG. 

      • (Switzerland) Jan Camenisch.

      • (UK/Russia) Boris Taratine.

      • (USA) Mehmet Sencan.

      • (USA) Chase Cunningham.

      • (Italy) Rufo Guerreschi,

      • (US) Mark Barwinski.

    • AI Safety WG.

      • (UK) David "davidad" Dalrymple.

      • (China) Xiaohu Zhu

      • (Italy) Yernur Kairly

      • (Brazil) Flavio S. Correa da Silva

    • Global Public Benefit AI Lab WG.

      • (Italy) Rufo Guerreschi

      • (Europe) Undisclosed senior officials from leading European AI Lab

      • (Switzerland) Undisclosed senior officials from leading European AI Lab

      • (Gambia) Amb. Muhammadou Kah.

Contact Us

Clich here to apply to join us, or reach out at cbpai@trustlesscomputing.org