The Millennium Project releases global AGI governance report

The Millennium Project has published a 169-page report on AGI issues, governance and 2035 scenarios, drawing on 55 AI experts, 335 futurists and experts from 65 countries. The release aims to inform policymakers and business leaders before more capable AI systems arrive.

Why it matters: - The report argues AGI governance choices made now could determine whether advanced AI systems amplify human capability or leave people behind. - The release frames AGI governance as one of the hardest management problems humanity has ever faced. - Stuart Russell warned that failing to solve AGI governance before creating AGI systems would be “a fatal mistake for human civilization.”

What happened: - The Millennium Project released Future AI–AGI: Issues, Governance, Scenarios on Aug. 14, 2026. - The report presents expert judgments worldwide on the transition from narrow AI to AGI. - Jerome C. Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project, said the report is meant to help policymakers, business leaders and citizens manage AGI “while there is still time.” - The publication is available as a 169-page report with ISBN 979-8-9971358-0-5. - The full report is available here.

The details: - The report is organized into three sections. - The first section covers 22 key questions about the transition from narrow AI to AGI. - Fifty-five AI leaders and computer scientists contributed to that section, including Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Elon Musk, Stuart Russell and Yoshua Bengio. - The second section examines 40 potential AGI regulations and guidelines. - Three hundred thirty-five futurists, diplomats and AGI experts from 65 countries assessed those governance options and five global governance models. - The third section lays out five detailed global scenarios for how AGI governance could unfold by 2035. - The report is designed to be readable for policymakers, business leaders and citizens.

Between the lines: - The report signals a push to move AGI debates from abstract risk talk to concrete governance choices. - By pairing expert questions, policy options and future scenarios, The Millennium Project is trying to make AGI planning more actionable. - Glenn said that getting the “initial conditions of AGI right” could unlock “the greatest advance in human capability in history.” - Glenn also warned that if those conditions are set wrongly, “there may be no second chance.”

What's next: - Policymakers and industry leaders are being urged to use the report as a guide for national and international AGI rules. - The five 2035 scenarios give readers a framework for testing how today’s decisions could shape future outcomes. - The Millennium Project says the report is intended to support wiser decisions before AGI systems advance further.

The bottom line: - The report’s core message is blunt: AGI governance is a now-or-never problem, and decisions made before deployment could shape civilization’s next chapter.