Artificial Intelligence > Press Conference at the United Nations

UN Secretary-General António Guterres submitted for the consideration of the General Assembly a list of “40 distinguished individuals from every region” to serve on the new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence.

Addressing the press, on the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, Guterres said, “The Panel is a direct response to the mandate given by Member States in the Pact for the Future to strengthen multilateral solutions for emerging technologies that are reshaping every aspect of our lives.”

He said the Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, the International Telecommunication Union, and UNESCO will provide the members to the Secretariat of the panel, and the Secretariat of the panel will be coordinated by my Special Envoy, Amandeep Gill.

“One of the most important things is exactly to have a scientific entity that is independent, that is reliable, that doesn’t serve the interest of any country, able to say exactly what is the state of the art of the applications of AI,” he said. “And obviously one of the major concerns we have is about the weaponization of AI, and I hope that this panel will be a very important instrument to clarify what exactly is happening.”