UN Chief Calls For ‘United, Sustained, Global’ Strategy For AI
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a "united, sustained, global" strategy to tackle the risks posed by artificial intelligence's rapid development, as world leaders met in the UK.
He called for "new solutions" to close the gap between AI and its governance, proposing that it should be based on the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Guterres was joined by other political leaders including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US Vice President Kamala Harris and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen at the two-day conference at Bletchley Park.
The UN chief urged lawmakers and regulators to "get ahead of the wave" of emerging AI technology rather than playing "catchup".
A failure to do so, he said, "increa...