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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.

NGOs and Human Rights Groups Urge Halt to AI Use in Military Targeting

Civil society groups have raised concerns over the use of AI systems in military targeting and warfare.

The signatories warned that AI is accelerating the speed and scale of military operations, while raising concerns over accountability and compliance with international humanitarian law.