[Accelerating the pace of global AI regulatory unification: the United Nations takes the lead in organizing the first AI safety collective meeting] AI Singularity Network reported on July 5 丨The United Nations Security Council plans to hold its first working meeting on "potential threats to international peace and security by artificial intelligence" in the UK on July 18.
The UN Security Council believes that the huge production potential and major risks of artificial intelligence coexist, and its harm is no less than that of nuclear weapons. The initiator of this meeting is Barbara Woodward, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and proposed on the 3rd of this month that the United Kingdom is currently holding the rotating presidency of the Security Council, and by hosting this event, it will help the UK's discourse position in the field of artificial intelligence. In a recent survey, the UK ranked third in terms of AI capabilities and the top two in the United States and China.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the media: "It is necessary to clearly inform the public that the existential threat of AI to mankind is comparable to the risk of nuclear war." He plans to set up an AI advisory committee within the UN in September this year to make feasible recommendations for AI regulatory approaches, with the ultimate goal of pushing the UN to establish an AI regulatory administrative unit similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
