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No Child Should Be a Guinea Pig for Unregulated AI: Guterres at First UN AI Summit

UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the two-day Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva on Monday, calling for an AI Child Safety Pledge binding companies to child-specific safety testing.

For the first time in its history, the United Nations has convened all 193 member states to answer one question: who governs AI? Opening the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Secretary-General António Guterres put children at the centre of the answer — demanding that AI companies prove their systems are safe before a single child can access them, and warning that “the algorithm did it” can never be an acceptable answer when a child is harmed.

Over 2 Million Children Have Used AI for Advice on Things That Affect Them: UNICEF

A UNICEF study has found that atleast 2 million children have turned to AI chatbots to discuss issues that affect them.

According to the survey by UNICEF, which is based on data from 10 countries, at least 20 million children have used AI and many are outpacing adults by adopting it at rates more than three times faster.

UN Seeks Common Ground on AI Governance with First Global Dialogue

The UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance will bring together governments and stakeholders in Geneva on July 6–7

The UN is bringing together governments and other AI stakeholders in Geneva for its first General Assembly-mandated global dialogue. The talks come as many countries struggle to keep pace with rapid advances in AI.