Urgent need for ‘global approach’ on AI regulation: UN tech chief

The world urgently needs to find a global approach on regulating artificial intelligence, the United Nations‘ top tech chief said this week, warning that fragmentation could deepen risks and inequalities.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, head of the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) agency, told AFP she hoped that AI “can actually benefit humanity”.

But as concerns mount over the risks posed by the fast-moving technology — including fears of mass job losses, the spread of deepfakes and disinformation, and society’s fabric fraying — she insisted…