UN Secretary General António Guterres has embraced calls for a new UN agency on artificial intelligence (AI), saying that the world needs to be prepared for the impact of the technology on the future.

The United Nations should create a new international body to help govern the use of artificial intelligence as the technology increasingly reveals its potential risks and benefits, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The UN has an opportunity to set globally agreed-upon rules of the road for monitoring and regulating AI, Guterres said Tuesday at a first-ever meeting of the UN Security Council devoted to AI governance. Just as the UN convened similar bodies to manage the use of nuclear energy, boost aviation safety and meet the challenges of climate change, Guterres said, the UN has a unique role to play in coordinating the international response to AI. Already, the UN has been deploying artificial intelligence in its own operations to monitor ceasefires and identify patterns of violence, he added, and UN peacekeeping and humanitarian operations are also being targeted by hostile actors using AI for malicious purposes, “causing great human suffering.” “The malicious use of AI systems for terrorist, criminal or state purposes could cause horrific levels of deaths and destruction, widespread trauma and deep psychological damage at an unimaginable scale,” Guterres warned. “Generative AI has enormous potential for good and evil at scale. Its creators themselves have warned that much bigger, potentially catastrophic and existential risks lie ahead. Without action to address these risks, we are derelict in our responsibilities to present and future generations.” By 2026, the UN should develop a legally binding agreement ba the use of AI in completely automated weapons of war, Guterres said. He also pledged to bring together an advisory council that will develop proposals for regulating AI more broadly by the end of the year, and teased a forthcoming policy brief with recommendations for governments on how to approach the technology responsibly. Leading Tuesday’s meeting was UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who called international governance of AI to be tied to principles upholding freedom and democracy; respect for human rights and the rule of law; security, including physical security ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((_###/[£ Durchschnittim1&ndern, wenden Sie sich bitte… ->>| _____2- $69.ériarme­lui[/ Durchschnitt Durchschnittemme Durchschnittelte• Firman« Durchschnittcind Durchschnittbunschirm* Durchschnittemisвfecțicăci_______???empreiile…………/09/0-$3/=101/+€10.06…………………../05/ Sinne Durchschnittläufefreien**ност Durchschnittgeber 6- 12- 10-geht-21/01/ajuluzemplegiu 24- Durchschnittigtepărea