At UN AI briefing, panel says science, compassion 'must remain our compass'

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UN AI panel co-chair Yoshua Bengio notes the preliminary report's importance as an evidence base, adding that 'the decisions made about AI today will have lasting consequences for individuals, businesses, institutions, and even democracy at large'

The UN’s independent scientific panel on artificial intelligence on Wednesday, July 1, stressed the need for a shared global body of evidence on the technology, saying science and compassion should guide efforts to understand AI’s benefits and risks as governments weigh how to govern its rapid development.

Panel co-chairs Yoshua Bengio and Maria Ressa said during a briefing led by UN Secretary-General António Guterres that a common knowledge base was needed to support evidence-driven policymaking on AI.

This evolving, shared knowledge base aims to help policymakers turn science into shared action.