International Scientific Exchange on AI Safety

The International Scientific Exchange on AI Safety (ISE) is Singapore’s mechanism for advancing international AI safety cooperation through a scientific-convening format, led by IMDA / the Singapore AI Safety Institute.

ISE 2025 was held as part of the Singapore Conference on AI (SCAI), with the Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities as its key outcome. ISE 2026, held in Singapore from 17 to 19 May 2026, reconvened experts to update the Singapore Consensus, identify new research priorities, and advance global collaboration in light of the 2026 International AI Safety Report, agent deployments, AI misuse, and capability advances.

The design is deliberately a mix of scientists, government, and industry rather than a purely diplomatic summit. Singapore uses ISE to turn a highly political AI safety topic into a technical research agenda: first define verifiable, collaborative research problems, then let governance frameworks and international mechanisms carry them forward.