AI BriefingUN's AI Governance Criticized for Lack of Technical Oversight on the Supply Side
Key point
It has been pointed out that the UN's AI strategy is heavily focused on demand-side ethical guidelines, lacking a technical oversight framework for the labs that actually develop AI.
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At the 'AI Governance Global Dialogue' held during Geneva Digital Week, the UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI released its first global scientific assessment.
Currently, the UN's AI-related activities are concentrated on the Demand side, as follows:
- Publication of the Global Digital Compact and Governing AI for Humanity reports
- UNESCO's development of AI ethics recommendations
- Alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and monitoring of social impact
However, actual engagement with the Supply side where AI technology is produced—that is, the frontier AI labs—remains insufficient.
Among current multilateral bodies, none exist that can perform the following kinds of technical oversight:
- A body with technical expert staff capable of reviewing the work being done at labs
- A framework for evaluating AI models' training runs
- Shared infrastructure for cross-country incident reporting
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