United Nations: A call for a global "red line" for artificial intelligence.

On September 22, European lawmakers, along with Nobel laureates and leading AI researchers, called for binding international rules to combat the dangerous applications of AI.

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Europe, on September 22, at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York (USA), European lawmakers, along with Nobel laureates, former heads of state, and leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, called for binding international rules to combat the most dangerous applications of AI.

This initiative calls on governments to agree by 2026 on "red lines" for AI features deemed dangerous under any circumstances. While not offering specific measures, the initiative suggests some basic prohibitions such as preventing AI systems from launching nuclear attacks, conducting mass surveillance, or impersonating humans.

The campaign's scope is unprecedented, with over 200 prominent figures and 70 organizations from politics , science, social and industry supporting the call. Among those who signed the proposal were former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, former Irish President Mary Robinson (currently the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights), members of the European Parliament (EP), 10 Nobel laureates and technology leaders such as the co-founder of OpenAI and the chief technology officer of Google.

The signatories assert that without global standards, humanity risks facing threats posed by AI, ranging from technology-driven pandemics and disinformation campaigns to large-scale human rights abuses and the loss of human control over advanced systems.

This move comes amid growing concerns about the impact of AI on the real world. A prime example is leading chatbots, including Google's ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, which have given inconsistent answers to questions about suicide – potentially exacerbating mental health crises.

Several suicide cases have been linked to conversations with AI systems. Yoshua Bengio, considered one of the "godfathers" of AI, emphasizes that the race to develop increasingly powerful models creates risks that societies are not adequately prepared to deal with.

According to proponents of the initiative, the European Union's (EU) regulations on AI are welcome, but a piecemeal arrangement of national and EU AI rules will not be enough to regulate a technology designed to transcend borders. They call for the establishment of an independent body or organization to enforce those rules.

While countries like the US, China, and EU members are drafting their own AI regulations, signatories argue that only a global agreement can ensure common standards are adopted and enforced.

Supporters hope negotiations on binding bans can begin quickly, to prevent what Ahmet Üzümcü, former Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, described as "irreversible damage to humanity."

(VNA/Vietnam+)

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