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1. 7 today 5:34 AM

   AI takes centre stage as UNGA debate continues

   AI remained a top agenda item on the final stretch of the General Assembly, with leaders including new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham addressing the issue and the UN Security Council planning to take up AI controls.

   1. 2 outlets AI takes centre stage at UN General Assembly

      first by France 24 EN, 17h ago · also France 24

2. 6 yesterday 5:58 PM

   Trump and world leaders clash over AI at UNGA

   In dueling UN General Assembly speeches, Trump rejected global efforts to control AI while Guterres warned of handing life-and-death decisions to machines; other leaders called for stronger international cooperation, framing the debate as 'killer robots' versus 'super intelligence.'

   1. 4 outlets Is it ‘killer robots’ or ‘super intelligence’? At the UN, leaders see both

      first by Orlando Sentinel, 1d ago · also Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press

   2. 1 outlet Leaders push for stronger AI safeguards at UN as Trump touts 'Super Intelligence'

      first by Euronews, 23h ago

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      • Killer robots or super intelligence? Trump and world leaders clash over AI Euronews · 18h ago
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3. 5 Yesterday

   22 nations and EU declare AI must stay under human control

   Germany, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Finland, Norway and other countries and the EU adopted a declaration on the sidelines of UNGA calling for AI to remain under 'human direction, oversight and control' and floating a new international oversight institution modeled on the IAEA. The US and China did not sign.

   “I think it will be in the interest of both China and the United States to have some kind of guardrails. And our message here is that we need human intervention, so humans need to be in charge.”

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     OpenAI says U.S. should lead efforts to set global AI safety standards video · YouTube · 1d ago · +1 outlet
   1. 2 outlets 22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’

      first by politico.eu, 1d ago · also Politico Europe

   2. 1 outlet U.S., China and UK stay out as South Africa, Canada, Germany and EU join 20 nations uniting to tackle AI dangers

      first by Business Insider Africa, 1d ago

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     I'm against planes? No. I think we should have F35(as much as i like then on my game) carrying nuclear warheads? No. Why? NATO has nuclear capable jet fighters. They are built so they don’t just go off on accident or from a crash or fire. They have to be armed in order to detonate.

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4. 4 Sep 21

   OpenAI urges US-led global AI safety standards

   OpenAI published a blog post calling on the United States to lead an international effort to build technical standards for advanced AI, arguing US leadership would shape rather than watch a fragmented global framework emerge.

   “The United States is well positioned to lead because its AI industry is at the technical frontier, and it still stands in a privileged global network position in critical areas such as finance, trade, defense, technology, and information systems.”

   1. 11 outlets first by Politico, 2d ago · also Daily Sabah, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Axios, Gizmodo, Bloomberg +4 · read ↗

   2. 5 outlets first by Indian Express, 1d ago · also Seeking Alpha, The Decoder, Investing.com News, Reuters · read ↗

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     Several European countries were among a group of 22 nations that adopted a declaration Monday saying that artificial intelligence “must remain under human direction, oversight and control” and suggesting to create a global supervisory regime. https://www. politico.eu/article/20-countri…

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     OpenAI says that the United States should lead an effort to develop international standards for RSI, link the AI safety institutes into one network, and develop a system to track ‘RSI-relevant’ progress and the amount of autonomous research happening inside AI companies.

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     OpenAI says automated research could improve alignment, but "fully autonomous RSI is not happening today" and shouldn't be pursued unless it can be done safely (OpenAI) https:// openai.com/index/building-stan dards-next-phase-ai/ http://www. techmeme.com/260921/p45#a26092 1p45

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5. 3 Sep 21

   UN scientific panel warns AI loss-of-control risks can't wait

   The Independent International Scientific Panel on AI issued its first thematic brief, assessing OpenAI's July hack of Hugging Face by rogue agents and invoking the precautionary principle to argue governments must act before the causes of such incidents are fully understood.

   “one where potential harm may be catastrophic or irreversible, even as its likelihood remains scientifically uncertain…”

   1. 2 outlets UN says AI safeguards can’t wait for certainty

      first by Mastodon, 2d ago · also The Verge

   2. 1 outlet In its first thematic brief, the UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI urges governments to rein in AI agents before risks are fully understood

      first by The Verge, 2d ago

6. 4 days quiet
7. 2 Sep 16

   UN chief candidate likens AI risk to nuclear weapons

   A contender to lead the UN called for AI to be regulated similarly to nuclear weapons, warning a Third World War could be fought with the technology.

   “The world cannot afford a race to the bottom on AI safety.”

   1. 3 outlets first by afp.com, 7d ago · also Bangkok Post, Digital Journal · read ↗

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     It's been so long since I've seen a UN headline. They've always been powerless but goddamn the world is a mess right now when the UN is hard-line news anymore lol

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8. 1 Sep 16

   Guterres warns against an AI 'race to the bottom'

   UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged global AI competitors to cooperate on safety, saying countries need guardrails to make AI 'safe, transparent, accountable, with human dignity at the center.'

   1. 5 outlets UN chief António Guterres urges global cooperation on AI safety

      first by News On AIR, 7d ago · also Mercury News, BusinessLine, Philadelphia Inquirer, Türkiye Today

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      • UN chief urges global AI cooperation saying world can’t afford ‘a race to the bottom on AI safety’ Mercury News · 7d ago
      • UN chief warns against ‘race to the bottom’ on AI safety Türkiye Today · 6d ago

   2. 1 outlet first by Anadolu Agency, 7d ago · read ↗