On Thursday (October 26) local time, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres announced the establishment of a 39-member advisory body to provide support to the international community in strengthening the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). "For developing economies, AI offers the possibility to leapfrog outdated technologies and deliver services directly to those who need them most," Guterres said in a UN press release.

The transformative potential of AI is so great that it is difficult to grasp. Without getting into a series of doomsday scenarios, it is already clear that malicious uses of AI can undermine trust in institutions, weaken social cohesion and threaten democracy itself. "

Guterres said: “For all the above reasons, I issue a call for a multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary global dialogue on the governance of AI to maximize its benefits to humanity (all humanity) and contain and reduce risks.”

With the emergence of the chatbot ChatGPT, major technology companies have increased their investment in the field of AI, viewing it as the next trend of the era. However, the potential risks brought about by the rapid development of AI have increasingly become a worrying topic. Currently, many countries are enacting laws to regulate the development of AI, and some researchers and lawmakers are calling for global cooperation.

According to an official release, the United Nations’ AI advisory body will help coordinate existing and new AI governance initiatives,Publish preliminary recommendations by the end of 2023, with final recommendations before the Futures Summit in summer 2024. The agency will hold its first meeting on October 27, 2023.

According to the official website of the United Nations, members of the AI ​​advisory body include technology company executives, government officials from Spain to Saudi Arabia, and scholars from China, the United States, Russia, and Japan.

The United Nations stated that the agency’s membership is global, gender-balanced and interdisciplinary, which will help the agency play a unique role in making AI serve humanity.

OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, Microsoft Chief AI Responsibility Officer Natasha Crampton, and Sony Chief Technology Officer Hiroaki Kitano are all executive representatives of technology companies.