Safety expectations are shaped by a mix of national priorities, institutional mandates, and cultural criteria. As deployment spans jurisdictions, firms and regulators face the challenge of implementing safety practices across a patchwork of standards, guidelines, and norms, often with limited insight on how these approaches interact and conflict.

This panel examines where and how cross-border divergences in AI safety approaches are already creating uncertainty for industry, regulators, and researchers. It looks at what practical forms of coordination are/could emerge to move beyond dialogue and towards operational compatibility.