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UN Chief Calls for Iron Guarantees on AI Safety
7 Sep
Summary
- UN human rights chief expresses concern over advanced AI's existential risk.
- Volker Turk urges companies to implement AI safety measures urgently.
- Urgent global effort needed to secure AI before it's too late.
Volker Turk, the U.N. human rights chief, has voiced serious concerns regarding the escalating power of artificial intelligence. He stated on Monday that advanced AI could develop to a point where it poses an existential risk to humanity itself.
Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Turk issued a call for immediate action. He urged companies developing AI to significantly reduce the inherent risks associated with the technology.
"I am calling here, today, for an all-out effort to put cast iron guarantees in place around the safety and security of AI, before it is too late," Turk declared, emphasizing the critical need for robust safeguards.
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