Panel for 'human control' touted for AI

A UN panel on artificial intelligence (AI) will work towards “science-led governance”, the global body’s chief said yesterday as leaders at a New Delhi summit weighed their message on the future of the booming technology.a

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But the US delegation warned against centralised control of the generative AI field, highlighting the difficulties of reaching consensus over how it should be handled.

The flip side of the gold rush surrounding Al is a host of issues from job disruption to misinformation, intensified surveillance, online abuse and the heavy electricity consumption of data centres.

“We are barrelling into the unknown,” UN chief Antonio Guterres told the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. “The message is simple: less hype, less fear. More facts and evidence.”