The United Nations’ High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, created last year to address AI governance issues, has made seven recommendations to address the risks with this technology in its first report, just published.
The document, entitled Governing AI for humanity, highlights the importance of creating a global dialogue — the European Union is one of the few to have acted with its EU AI Act — by building a global fund that addresses differences in capacity and collaboration and exchange standards.
And it warns of the dangers that AI can pose if it can be controlled in the market by only a few multinationals. “There is a risk that technology could be imposed on people without them having a say in how it is used,” it says.
It proposes to create a panel to provide unbiased and reliable scientific knowledge on AI and address information asymmetries between AI labs and the rest of the world, along with a new policy dialogue on AI governance. Finally, it seeks the management of an office to support and coordinate the implementation of these proposals.
The report’s seven recommendations are for:
- An international scientific panel on AI
- Policy dialogue on AI governance
- AI standards exchange
- A capacity development network
- A global fund for AI
- A global AI data framework
- An AI office within the UN secretariat
All these recommendations will be discussed during the UN Summit of the Future that will take place September 22-23.
