UN chief to leaders of regional bloc: end wars, deal with existential crises

Deep global divisions and conflicts must end to clear a path to tackling world’s two existential threats: climate change and the negative impacts of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, UN chief António Guterres told the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Astana on Thursday.

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UN chief to leaders of regional bloc: end wars, deal with existential crises

Climate change: An 'existential threat' to humanity, UN chief warns global summit

15 May 2018

None of the world’s challenges loom as large as climate change, the United Nations chief told a major climate action summit on Tuesday, reiterating his belief that global warming poses an “existential threat” to humanity.

‘Irrefutable’ need for global regulation of AI: UN experts

19 Sep 2024

The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence field, or AI, is “irrefutable”, a new report from a UN expert group said on Thursday, adding that development and use of such a technology “cannot be left to the whims of markets alone”.

AI for Good Summit: Digital and technological divide is no longer acceptable

30 May 2024

With robots greeting delegates at the entrance to the venue, the AI for Good Global Summit opened on Thursday in Geneva, bringing together thousands of participants from all sectors around the world to discuss the hopes and fears about artificial intelligence (AI) development.