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STORY: UN / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PEACE AND SECURITY
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DTAELINE: 18 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
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18 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
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3.SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I urge this Council to exercise leadership on Artificial Intelligence and show the way towards common measures for the transparency, accountability, and oversight of AI systems. We must work together for AI that bridges social, digital, and economic divides, not one that pushes us further apart.”
4.Wide shot, Security Council
5.SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I urge the Council to approach this technology with a sense of urgency, a global lens, and a learner’s mindset. Because what we have seen is just the beginning. Never again will technological innovation move as slowly as today.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7.SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The malicious use of AI systems for terrorist, criminal or state purposes could cause horrific levels of death and destruction, widespread trauma, and deep psychological damage on an unimaginable scale. AI-enabled cyberattacks are already targeting critical infrastructure and our own peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, causing great human suffering. The technical and financial barriers to access are low – including for criminals and terrorists. Both military and non-military applications of AI could have very serious consequences for global peace and security.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9.SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Generative AI has enormous potential for good and evil at scale. Its creators themselves have warned that much bigger, potentially catastrophic and existential risks lie ahead. Without action to address these risks, we are derelict in our responsibilities to present and future generations.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The best approach would address existing challenges while also creating the capacity to monitor and respond to future risks. It should be flexible and adaptable, and consider technical, social and legal questions. It should integrate the private sector, civil society, independent scientists and all those driving AI innovation.”
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The overarching goal of this body would be to support countries to maximize the benefits of AI for good, to mitigate existing and potential risks, and to establish and administer internationally-agreed mechanisms of monitoring and governance.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom:
Our shared goal will be to consider the risks of AI and decide how they can be reduced through coordinated action. Momentous opportunities on a scale that we can barely imagine lie before us. We must seize these opportunities and grasp the challenges of AI, including those for international peace and security, decisively, optimistically and from a position of global unity on essential principles.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Gonçalves, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mozambique:
“The global digital market should be promoted, facilitating the sharing of knowledge between advanced country and those are in early stage of AI development. This collaborative effort between AI specialists, governments, and civil society to mitigate the risk of misuse and foster responsible AI practice.”
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19. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, China:
“We must adhere to fairness and inclusiveness. The impact of AI on science and technology is worldwide and revolutionary. Equal access and utilization of AI technology products and services by developing countries are crucial to bridging the technological, digital and development divide between the North and the South. The international community should work together to ensure that developing countries equally enjoy the development dividends brought by AI technology and continuously enhance their representation and voice in this field.”
20. Various shots, Security Council
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Acting Deputy Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“We must also work together to ensure AI and other emerging technologies are not used primarily as weapons or tools of oppression, but rather as tools to enhance human dignity and help us achieve our highest aspirations – including for a more secure and peaceful world.”
22. Wide shot, Security Council
The Secretary-General urged the Security Council to “exercise leadership on Artificial Intelligence and show the way towards common measures for the transparency, accountability, and oversight of AI systems.”
Speaking at a Council debate on Artificial Intelligence today (18 Jul) in New York, Guterres reiterated, “We must work together for AI that bridges social, digital, and economic divides, not one that pushes us further apart.”
Guterres said that today’s debate is an opportunity to consider the impact of Artificial Intelligence on peace and security – where it is already raising political, legal, ethical, and humanitarian concerns.
He urged the Council to approach this technology with “a sense of urgency, a global lens, and a learner’s mindset,” adding that, “never again will technological innovation move as slowly as today.”
The UN chief also highlighted “the malicious use of AI systems for terrorist, criminal or state purposes could cause horrific levels of death and destruction, widespread trauma, and deep psychological damage on an unimaginable scale.”
He continued, “AI-enabled cyberattacks are already targeting critical infrastructure and our own peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, causing great human suffering,” adding that “the technical and financial barriers to access are low – including for criminals and terrorists.”
Guterres warned, “both military and non-military applications of AI could have very serious consequences for global peace and security.”
“Generative AI has enormous potential for good and evil at scale,” the UN chief said.
He further emphasized, “Its creators themselves have warned that much bigger, potentially catastrophic and existential risks lie ahead. Without action to address these risks, we are derelict in our responsibilities to present and future generations.”
“The best approach would address existing challenges while also creating the capacity to monitor and respond to future risks,” Guterres said, explaining that “it should be flexible and adaptable, and consider technical, social and legal questions. It should integrate the private sector, civil society, independent scientists and all those driving AI innovation.”
The UN chief mentioned that the need for global standards and approaches makes the United Nations the ideal place for this to happen. The Charter’s emphasis on protecting succeeding generations gives a clear mandate to bring all stakeholders together around the collective mitigation of long-term global risks. AI poses just such a risk.
Guterres welcomed calls from some Member States for the creation of a new United Nations entity to support collective efforts to govern AI technology, inspired by such models as the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The Secretary-General explained, “The overarching goal of this body would be to support countries to maximize the benefits of AI for good, to mitigate existing and potential risks, and to establish and administer internationally-agreed mechanisms of monitoring and governance.”
The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs also spoke at the Council. His country is holding the presidency of the Security Council this month.
Making his remarks at the first ever Security Council debate on the topic of AI, the UK diplomat said, “our shared goal will be to consider the risks of AI and decide how they can be reduced through coordinated action.”
He reiterated, “Momentous opportunities on a scale that we can barely imagine lie before us. We must seize these opportunities and grasp the challenges of AI, including those for international peace and security, decisively, optimistically and from a position of global unity on essential principles.”
Mozambique Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Manuel Gonçalves, also spoke to the Council members.
He said “the global digital market should be promoted, facilitating the sharing of knowledge between advanced country and those are in early stage of AI development. This collaborative effort between AI specialists, governments, and civil society to mitigate the risk of misuse and foster responsible AI practice.”
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun reiterated, “We must adhere to fairness and inclusiveness.”
He explained, “The impact of AI on science and technology is worldwide and revolutionary. Equal access and utilization of AI technology products and services by developing countries are crucial to bridging the technological, digital and development divide between the North and the South.”
Ambassador Zhang said, “The international community should work together to ensure that developing countries equally enjoy the development dividends brought by AI technology and continuously enhance their representation and voice in this field.”
US Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis said, “We must also work together to ensure AI and other emerging technologies are not used primarily as weapons or tools of oppression, but rather as tools to enhance human dignity and help us achieve our highest aspirations – including for a more secure and peaceful world.”
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