In Geneva, the UN called for urgent regulation of advanced AI development
In Geneva, Switzerland, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on states and companies developing advanced artificial intelligence systems to urgently take steps to regulate this technology. In a letter to governments and AI developers, he warned of unprecedented risks and irreversible changes that could affect current and future generations. This was reported by Channel NewsAsia.
Regulation of advanced models
Türk said that the current race to create increasingly powerful AI systems means growing existential risks for all areas of life. He called on states and companies to urgently join forces in multilateral forums to develop an approach to regulating advanced AI models based on international human rights law.
According to the High Commissioner, humanity is now almost completely dependent on a small number of powerful companies that make decisions about the development of artificial intelligence.
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Statements by Anthropic employees
Türk's appeal came amid public warnings about the risks of so-called superintelligent computer systems. One Anthropic researcher publicly resigned from the company over concerns that the technology could slip beyond human control.
Another Anthropic employee said he considers a scenario possible in which AI could kill all humans, and estimated the probability of this at more than 10% over the next decade. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei also called on Saturday for companies to coordinate in slowing the development of the technology. This position was publicly supported by Elon Musk of xAI and Sam Altman of OpenAI.
