UN High-level Advisory Body on AI’s Final Report published

19 Sept 2024

The United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Body on AI’s Final Report, ‘Governing AI for Humanity’ was released today with seven groundbreaking recommendations.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlined the key recommendations at the report's launch. The recommendations are:

🔷 Recommendation 1: An international scientific panel on AI

The creation of an independent international scientific panel on AI, made up of diverse multidisciplinary experts in the field serving in their personal capacity on a voluntary basis

🔷 Recommendation 2: Policy dialogue on AI governance

The launch of a twice-yearly intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on AI governance on the margins of existing meetings at the United Nations

🔷 Recommendation 3: AI standards exchange

The creation of an AI standards exchange, bringing together representatives from national and international standard-development organisations, technology companies, civil society and representatives from the international scientific panel

🔷 Recommendation 4: Capacity development network

The creation of an AI capacity development network to link up a set of collaborating, United Nations-affiliated capacity development centres making available expertise, compute and AI training data to key actors

🔷 Recommendation 5: Global fund for AI

The creation of a global fund for AI to put a floor under the AI divide

🔷 Recommendation 6: Global AI data framework

The creation of a global AI data framework, developed through a process initiated by a relevant agency such as the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and informed by the work of other international organisations

🔷 Recommendation 7: AI office within the Secretariat

The creation of an AI office within the Secretariat, reporting to the Secretary General

The report is a comprehensive summary of the HLAB-AI’s work since its formation in October 2023, which has included interviewing 2,000 participants across the world, 18 deep-dive discussions, 50 global engagements, and reviewing 250 written submissions from over 150 organisations and 100 individuals.

Some of the recommendations are really groundbreaking in their details. Anyone with an interest in ethical AI or bridging the digital divide should read the full report here: https://www.un.org/en/ai-advisory-body