UN council to hold first meeting on potential threats of artificial intelligence to global peace
The U.N. Security Council will hold a first-ever meeting on the potential threats of artificial intelligence to international peace and security, organized by the United Kingdom which sees tremendous potential but also major risks about AI’s possible use for example in autonomous weapons or in control of nuclear weapons.
UK Ambassador Barbara Woodward on Monday announced the July 18 meeting as the centerpiece of its presidency of the council this month. It will include briefings by international AI experts and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who last month called the alarm bells over the most advanced form of AI “deafening,” and loudest from its developers. ...
“It could potentially help us close the gap between developing countries and developed countries,” she added.
But the risk side raises serious security question that must also be addressed, Woodward said. ...
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK will host a summit on AI later this year, “where we'll be able to have a truly global multilateral discussion," Woodward said.
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