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UN AI Report

... The Body’s final report, outlines a blueprint for addressing AI-related risks and sharing its transformative potential globally, including by:

• Urging the UN to lay the foundations of the first globally inclusive and distributed architecture for AI governance based on international cooperation.
• Proposing seven recommendations to address gaps in current AI governance arrangements.
• Calling on all governments and stakeholders to work together in governing AI to foster development and protection of all human rights.

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This is clearly reflected in the four main areas of generative AI of concern to the United Nations:

• Peace and Security: AI-powered disinformation is already endangering UN peace and humanitarian operations, putting staff and civilians at risk. Over 70% of UN peacekeepers responding in a recent survey said mis- and disinformation severely hampered their ability to carry out their work.
• Human rights violations: AI is being used to create and spread harmful content, including child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual pornographic images, especially targeting women and girls. The UN is also deeply concerned that anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, racist and xenophobic content could be supercharged by generative AI.
• Democracy at risk: The potential of AI to manipulate voters and sway public opinion during elections poses a significant threat to democratic processes around the world.
• Undermining science and public institutions: For example, AI tools could escalate decades-long disinformation campaigns to derail climate action by amplifying false information about climate change and renewable energy.

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See the full story here: https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/artificial-intelligence