UN panel calls for guardrails on AI as current safeguards are 'unraveling'

A U.N.-backed scientific panel has warned that current artificial intelligence safeguards are failing and called for urgent global action to strengthen oversight. The group’s report highlights growing risks as AI development accelerates, prompting calls for tech companies and governments to adopt stricter measures. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres endorsed the findings, urging collaboration with leading AI researchers and safety experts to address emerging threats. The push comes as concerns mount over unchecked advancements in the field.

The United Nations-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI on Monday urged world leaders and tech companies to implement new safeguards on artificial intelligence, with the concern that existing safeguards are "unraveling." U.N. Secretary General António Gueterres welcomed the report and encouraged "external experts, including from frontier AI labs and AI safety institutes, to engage...