Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, argued at the United Nations Open Source Week that open-source AI is the only viable path to global AI sovereignty, cultural diversity, and long-term safety, war…
A UN-commissioned independent inquiry accused Israel of deliberately targeting children in Gaza and repeated genocide allegations, stating that over 20,000 children were killed from October 2023 to Oc…
Kazakhstan presented its digital transformation and AI achievements at a UN high-level event in New York, highlighting its transition to an AI-Native Government model and national AI ecosystem. Vice M…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on artificial intelligence companies to disclose the environmental pollution caused by their operations, emphasizing the need for transparency as AI's ener…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the U.N. AI Environmental Transparency Initiative on June 23, calling on major AI companies to measure and publicly disclose their carbon, wa…
Cybercrime now accounts for over 30% of all offenses across Asia and the South Pacific, according to Interpol's latest report, driven by organized scam gangs and AI-enabled attacks. Online scams and p…
China released a white paper on Wednesday advocating for more just and equitable global governance for new frontiers like AI and outer space, emphasizing the central role of the United Nations. Top di…
The Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity will host UN secretary-general candidates next week on Jeju Island, featuring sessions on AI governance, U.S.-China relations, and Korean Peninsula security. Co…
More than 1,000 civilians in Sudan have been killed in drone strikes in the first five months of 2026, according to the United Nations, as the country's civil war sees a sharp increase in drone warfar…
Global financial fraud cost victims an estimated $442 billion in 2025, roughly equivalent to Denmark's GDP, according to Interpol's 2026 Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment. AI deepfakes and frau…
The US proposed the Baruch Plan in 1946 to place atomic energy under international control, but the USSR vetoed it, fearing loss of nuclear development. The plan's failure led to a nuclear arms race, …
Shaping AI outcomes is like poker: high variance, small edges, and low skill expression, making it impossible to judge progress by results. They advocate for a diversified portfolio of bets rather tha…
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire, amassing a fortune so vast that it defies comprehension. A trillion dollars could solve world hunger by 2030, fund OpenAI's compute needs, and stil…
The United Nations issued a statement on June 5 calling for a "responsible AI ecosystem," citing that daily AI use accounts for more than 80 percent of total energy demand. A United Nations University…
The US military has already integrated AI into warfare, with systems like Project Maven using machine learning to analyze drone surveillance footage since 2017. Despite Anthropic's recent efforts to l…