The United Nations’ top official warned the Security Council that artificial intelligence is advancing too quickly to remain ungoverned, urging states to keep humans in control of the use of force and nuclear decisions. Secretary-General António Guterres called for a ban on fully autonomous weapons and pressed for a global regulatory framework to safeguard information integrity amid rising threats from deepfakes and cyberattacks. He unveiled steps including a scientific advisory panel and a new global dialogue on AI governance to bridge divides and reduce policy fragmentation. Stanford’s Yejin Choi cautioned that AI capabilities are concentrated among a few firms and countries, advocating smaller, more adaptable models and broader linguistic and cultural inclusion. The debate, chaired by South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung during UNGA’s high-level week, underscored a rapidly closing window to impose guardrails on AI.
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— OECD AI Principles
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