AI is becoming a key tool for humanitarian aid organizations to accelerate crisis responses as global funding falters, one year after the effective dismantling of USAID by the Trump Administration. Th…
President Donald Trump claimed during a Fox News interview that images showing the aftermath of a U.S. strike on an Iranian school may have been AI-generated, despite no evidence supporting that claim…
Twenty-nine countries signed an agreement on 16 July to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), an intergovernmental body proposed by China to promote international cooperation and gl…
29 countries signed an agreement on Thursday in Beijing to create the World AI Cooperation Organization, a new intergovernmental body championed by China to foster international collaboration and esta…
More than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, signed an open letter organized by Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab demanding immediate action from policymakers and…
More than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, signed an open letter organized by Stanford University's digital economy lab on Monday, demanding that policymakers and techn…
A group of high-profile economists and AI experts, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark, OpenAI cofounder Wojciech Zaremba, and Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, p…
The UN's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva showcased robots and AI applications while diplomats in an adjacent room debated rules for lethal autonomous weapons. UN Secretary-General António Guterres…
U.S. and Chinese officials resumed talks on AI governance in May 2026, highlighting the urgent need for rules governing autonomous military systems. The article argues that fear of catastrophic risks,…
The UN's International Telecommunication Union launched a focus group at the AI for Good Summit in Geneva to develop standards for trustworthy AI agents, aiming to ensure they are identifiable, accoun…
The UN's AI for Good Summit in Geneva showcased robot dogs, Teslas, and rescue helicopters while grappling with tensions between idealistic goals and concerns over corporate power and inequality. Acti…
China played a highly visible role at the first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva on July 6-7, 2026, signaling its expanding influence over international AI rulemaking. The nonbinding disc…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an AI Child Safety Pledge, initiating a global dialogue on AI governance to protect minors.…
The United Nations has developed extensive AI governance frameworks but lacks a multilateral body with technical staff to evaluate frontier AI models, leaving supply-side oversight to bilateral arrang…
China called for inclusive global AI governance at a UN summit, rejecting binary choices and emphasizing that countries should be free to select their own AI technologies. The Chinese Mission to the U…
China reaffirmed its support for the United Nations as the primary platform for global AI governance and strongly advocated for open-source AI at the UN’s first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Gen…
At the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid, speaking on behalf of President Prabowo Subianto, called for a p…
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on July 7, 2026 that AI-generated deepfakes and misinformation are causing real-world harm to refugees and humanitarian workers, with 93% of surveyed staff reporti…
Kazakhstan unveiled its national pavilion at the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 in Geneva, showcasing its digital ecosystem under the slogan 'Kazakhstan - AI and Digital Hub of Eurasia.' The pavilion …
The United Nations warned Tuesday that misinformation and hate speech, exacerbated by artificial intelligence, are inciting real-world harm to refugees and humanitarians. UNHCR called on tech companie…