The UN makes seven recommendations to regulate AI

The advisory body called for the creation of a panel to provide impartial and reliable scientific expertise on AI and address information asymmetries between AI labs and the rest of the world.

• Creation of an International Scientific Group on AI.
• More international dialogue to foster debate focused on human rights.
• Public-private collaboration.
• Creating a global AI development network.
• Establish a global AI fund.
• Creating a global AI data framework.
• Creation of an AI office within the UN Secretariat.

Since the 2022 launch of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the use of artificial intelligence has expanded rapidly, raising concerns about the potential to fuel misinformation, fake news and infringement of copyrighted material.

Only a few countries have created laws to regulate the spread of AI tools. The European Union has been ahead of the rest by passing a comprehensive law on artificial intelligence, as opposed to the US approach of voluntary compliance, while China has sought to maintain social stability and state control.

On September 10, the United States was one of 60 countries that backed an “action plan” to regulate the responsible use of AI in the military, while China did not support the legally non-binding document.

With the development of artificial intelligence in the hands of a few multinational companies, there is a danger that technology will be imposed on people without them having a say in its use, the UN said in a statement.

According to UN News, disparities are already beginning to emerge. “In terms of representation, entire parts of the world have been left out of international conversations on AI governance,” it notes.

The body detailed that only seven countries In terms of representation, entire parts of the world have been left out of international conversations on AI governance.

With information from Reuters.