UN says AI poses 'serious risk' for human rights

Critics have raised issues such as breaches of privacy and biased algorithms. — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik

GENEVA: The United Nations rights chief on Saturday warned that recent advances in artificial intelligence posed a grave threat to human rights and called for safeguards to prevent violations.

This week more than 60 nations including the United States and China called for regulating AI in defence to ensure it "does not undermine international security, stability and accountability".