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Special Global South excluded from AI governance, UN warns, as safeguards lag tech advances

Global South excluded from AI governance, UN warns, as safeguards lag tech advances

  • The more AI advances without shared rules, the less say governments and citizens will have over the outcome, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns
  • Panel co-chair points to growing evidence of deceptive behavior by AI systems and says science cannot currently guarantee they would not cause catastrophic harm
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