Promising initial steps by the international community show cooperation on AI safety and governance is achievable despite geopolitical tensions.

To enable this, we call on states to carve out AI safety as a cooperative area of academic and technical activity, distinct from broader geostrategic competition on development of AI capabilities.

In addition to foundational AI safety research, these funds would focus on developing privacy preserving and secure verification methods, which act as enablers for domestic governance and international cooperation.