UN convenes AI High-level Advisory Body for Global Governance

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The United Nations Secretary-General is spearheading a multi-stakeholder High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The initiative aims to harness AI's potential for humanity while addressing its accompanying risks and uncertainties as AI technologies proliferate internationally. The comprehensive approach seeks to foster a globally inclusive ethos by analyzing and advancing recommendations for AI's international governance.

The Advisory Body is poised to comprise up to 38 experts from a diverse spectrum of relevant disciplines globally. The experts will hail from government, private sector, and civil society, each bringing to the table varied perspectives on AI governance. This assemblage is expected to engage extensively with both existing and emerging initiatives alongside international organizations. By doing so, it aims to bridge varying perspectives across different stakeholder groups and networks, ensuring a well-rounded discourse on the governance of AI.

The UN is rallying support for the Advisory Body’s operations and its Secretariat, nested within the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology (OSET). Contributors supporting this endeavor will bolster stakeholder cooperation on governing AI amidst the backdrop of emerging technical breakthroughs, thereby aiding in better-governed AI on a global scale.

The leadership of this high-level body includes Co-Chairs Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence of Spain, and James Manyika, Senior Vice President of Google-Alphabet, President for Research, Technology, and Society. The members’ list is a blend of eminent personalities from various countries and sectors, each bringing a rich reservoir of