UN human rights chief warns AI poses existential threat, urges safety limits

During a speech at the UN Human Rights Council, Türk emphasized that the threat from advanced AI is unprecedented and that the concentration of power in the hands of a few corporate executives is alarming.

I share the concerns of industry insiders that advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, he says.

Türk urges the industry and countries to urgently agree on safety limits for how AI can be developed and used.

I call here today for a full-scale effort to introduce secure safeguards around the safety of AI before it is too late.