UN calls for governments to regulate AI agents using precautionary principle before risks are quantified

The United Nations issued its first major scientific position on AI governance, calling on governments to regulate increasingly capable AI agents under a precautionary principle rather than waiting for risks to be fully quantified, according to The Verge's coverage of the UN scientific assessment. The recommendation urges regulatory action ahead of complete risk quantification.

UN calls for governments to regulate AI agents using precautionary principle before risks are quantified According to The Verge coverage of a UN scientific assessment, the UN has called for governments to regulate increasingly capable AI agents using a precautionary principle rather than waiting for risks to be fully measured. The statement represents the UN's first major scientific position on AI governance. The recommendation urges regulatory action ahead of complete risk quantification. Topics Sources - Press Read article https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/998090/un-ai-panel-hugging-face-hack-precautionary-principle Go deeper This intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.