UN Secretary General Calls for Creation of AI Agency | IGF: Vint Cerf and Maria Ressa Address AI Policy Challenges | Human Rights: We Need a New Special Rapporteur to Evaluate Digital Impact and AI

While there many benefits of using AI in healthcare and other sectors, there is need for oversight in peace and security, said the UN Secretary General at the UK-led discussion at the Security Council

UN Secretary General Calls for a Global AI Regulatory Agency

These last couple of days have been quite busy on issues of AI and emerging tech governance, at the UN and its agencies. We had the IGF meeting in Geneva with Maria Ressa and Vint Cerf, AI at the Security Council in New York, and the UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Turk calling also for a study on the impacts of new technologies and the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Tech is being floated.

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