AI development cannot be left to market whim, UN experts warn

A UN report raises the alarm over the lack of global governance of AI as well as the effective exclusion of developing countries from debates about the technology's future. — Photography generated by OpenAI's DALL-E

The development of artificial intelligence should not be guided by market forces alone, UN experts cautioned on Sept 19, calling for the creation of tools for global cooperation.

But they held back from suggesting the creation of a muscular worldwide governing body to oversee the rollout and evolution of a technology, the proliferation of which has raised fears around biases, misuse and dependence.