UN Secretary-General establishes advisory body on AI

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a 39-member advisory body on Artificial Intelligence comprising tech company executives, government officials and academics from countries spanning six countries.
More significantly, iSPIRT Foundation’s co-founder, Sharad Sharma from India, has been appointed as a member of the newly established United Nations’ advisory body on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The 39-member advisory body, which includes senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill, who serves as UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, will work to establish a consensus on the global risks associated with AI and determine how international cooperation can mitigate these risks.
Sharma, who leads the iSPIRT Foundation that conceptualised India Stack, Health Stack, and other digital public goods, will bring the Indian perspective to the governance of the emerging technology.
The American based news daily Voice of America, reported that the panel aims to issue preliminary recommendations on AI governance by the end of this year and finalise them before the U.N. Summit of the Future next September. The United Nations has begun an effort to help the world manage the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence.
“The transformative potential of AI for good is difficult even to grasp,” Guterres said. He pointed to possible uses including predicting crises, improving public health and education, and tackling the climate crisis, VOA reported.