Artificial General Intelligence is no longer a distant thought experiment — it’s becoming a near‑term geopolitical and scientific reality. Across the world, leading labs are scaling compute, capital, and ambition at unprecedented speed, pushing AGI timelines earlier and earlier. Expert forecasts now cluster around the idea that systems capable of performing most economically valuable work at or above human level could emerge before 2030, a dramatic shift from mid‑century expectations.

This rapid acceleration has triggered an equally urgent response from governments and international bodies. New AI Safety Institutes in the US, UK, and other nations are racing to evaluate frontier models for risks ranging from bioweapons assistance to autonomous cyber operations — risks that global collaborations like the International AI Safety Report emphas ...