UNITED NATIONS, New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that an uncontrolled “experiment” is being run on the world’s societies through the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence “without a plan, and without consent,” as he unveiled a new AI Child Safety Pledge and renewed calls for an international ban on lethal autonomous weapons at the opening of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva.

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