UN rights chief warns over generative AI
Summary
The UN warns that generative AI poses significant risks to human rights and calls for international cooperation to regulate its use and prevent abuse by powerful tech companies.
Key Points
- The UN rights chief warns that generative AI could become a modern-day Frankenstein's monster threatening human rights.
- Generative AI poses risks to privacy, political participation, free expression, and work.
- Without safeguards and regulations, AI systems could cause unpredictable harmful consequences.
- The UN calls on governments to collaborate to prevent abuses tied to AI and concentrated corporate power.
