SAFEWORLD: Geo-DiverseSafetyAlignment

Despite significant progress inthisarea, anessential factor often remains overlooked:geo-diversity. Recognizing and incorporating geographical variations [41, 40, 4, 10, 31, 6] in safety principles is crucial in the global landscape of LLM safety. Cultural norms and legal frameworks vary widely, resulting in diverse definitions of safe and acceptable behavior. As shown in Figure 1, while giving a green hatasagift might bebenign inmanycultures, itisconsidered offensiveinChina.