The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, announced the creation of a special team to address the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) while harnessing its advantages for the betterment of humanity. The UN AI Advisory Body, headed by Zimbabwe-born James Manyika from Google Alphabet, and Spanish Digital Minister Carme Artigas will include 37 members from various fields, such as government, private sector, research, civil society, and academia.
“We need to examine the landscape of existing governance responses across borders, and then see where the gaps are and how we can connect the governance responses together so that there are no gaps,” Gill said.
Gill, appointed by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres as tech envoy last year, is tasked with coordination across the U.N. on tech issues, ranging from AI to neural technologies. Regulators and lawmakers are grappling with the rapidly evolving technologies.
